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Date:      Tue, 20 Mar 2001 18:01:57 +0100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: xhost
Message-ID:  <20010320180157.O25892@cgmd76206.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103201939340.53894-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>; from kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru on Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 07:41:28PM %2B0300
References:  <3AB787B5.42B4A33D@i-clue.de> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103201939340.53894-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>

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On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 07:41:28PM +0300, Alexey Koptsevich wrote:
> 
> > > Is it possible to disable xhost-based authorization completely?
> > 
> > Add xhost + to your login script. This is a big, fat security risk.
> 
> Thanks, but I wrote "disable completely"... I want to forbid xhost usage 
> for all users on the given host.

chmod -x `which xhost` is a start, furthermore have a look at
Xsecurity(1) and xauth(1).

Edwin

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