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From: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com>
To: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu>
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Subject: Re: xhost
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On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, John Fieber wrote:

> You put whatever xhost command you want to execute in your
> $HOME/.xsession file.  However, using xhost is a Bad Thing in terms
> of security since it allows *anyone* on the remote system unrestricted
> access to your display and keyboard.  

Thanks.

Don't need to worry about security; it's a dial-up :-)
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