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1.1     ! root        1: .TH XHOST 1 "25 January 1986" "X Version 10"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: xhost - X window system access control program
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B xhost
        !             6: [+-]host ...
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Xhost
        !             9: is used to add and delete hosts to the list of machines X will accept
        !            10: connections from.
        !            11: This is an elementary form of privacy control, since otherwise X would
        !            12: be willing to create windows for anyone on the internet.
        !            13: It is only sufficient for a workstation (single user) environment,
        !            14: though it does limit the worst abuses.
        !            15: .PP
        !            16: If you want to set up hosts that you always trust, you can
        !            17: specify them in your login file, or you can specify the hosts
        !            18: in the file \fI/etc/X*.hosts\fP,
        !            19: where * is the number of the display on the machine.
        !            20: .PP
        !            21: Specifying a host name (with an optional leading plus sign)
        !            22: adds that host to the list; use a leading minus sign to delete
        !            23: a host.
        !            24: .PP
        !            25: DECnet nodes should be specified as names with trailing ``::''.
        !            26: .PP
        !            27: This program can only be executed on the machine the display is
        !            28: connected to.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: It is possible to remove the current host from the access list. 
        !            31: Be warned that you can't undo this without logging out.
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .I Xhost
        !            34: with no arguments will print the current hosts allowed to access your
        !            35: display.
        !            36: .SH FILES
        !            37: /etc/X*.hosts
        !            38: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            39: X(8C), xterm(1)
        !            40: .SH ENVIRONMENT
        !            41: DISPLAY        -       To find out which X you are using.
        !            42: .SH AUTHOR
        !            43: Copyright 1985 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
        !            44: .br
        !            45: See \fIX(1)\fP for a complete copyright notice.
        !            46: .br
        !            47: Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science,
        !            48: Jim Gettys, MIT Project Athena (DEC).

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