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!!NAME xhost - server access control program for X !!SYNOPSIS __xhost__ [[[[+-]name ...] !!DESCRIPTION The __''xhost''__ program is used to add and delete host names or user names to the list allowed to make connections to the X server. In the case of hosts, this provides a rudimentary form of privacy control and security. It is only sufficient for a workstation (single user) environment, although it does limit the worst abuses. Environments which require more sophisticated measures should implement the user-based mechanism or use the hooks in the protocol for passing other authentication data to the server. !!OPTIONS __''Xhost''__ accepts the following command line options described below. For security, the options that effect access control may only be run from the "controlling host". For workstations, this is the same machine as the server. For X terminals, it is the login host. __-help__ Prints a usage message. ;__[[+]''name''__: The given __''name''__ (the plus sign is optional) is added to the list allowed to connect to the X server. The name can be a host name or a user name. ;__-''name''__: The given __''name''__ is removed from the list of allowed to connect to the server. The name can be a host name or a user name. Existing connections are not broken, but new connection attempts will be denied. Note that the current machine is allowed to be removed; however, further connections (including attempts to add it back) will not be permitted. Resetting the server (thereby breaking all connections) is the only way to allow local connections again. ;__+__: Access is granted to everyone, even if they aren't on the list (i.e., access control is turned off). ;__-__: Access is restricted to only those on the list (i.e., access control is turned on). ;__''nothing''__: If no command line arguments are given, a message indicating whether or not access control is currently enabled is printed, followed by the list of those allowed to connect. This is the only option that may be used from machines other than the controlling host. !!NAMES A complete name has the syntax ``family:name'' where the families are as follows: inet Internet host dnet DECnet host nis Secure RPC network name krb Kerberos V5 principal local contains only one name, the empty string The family is case insensitive. The format of the name varies with the family. When Secure RPC is being used, the network independent netname (e.g., "nis:unix.__''uid''__@__''domainname''__") can be specified, or a local user can be specified with just the username and a trailing at-sign (e.g., "nis:pat@"). For backward compatibility with pre-R6 __''xhost''__, names that contain an at-sign (@) are assumed to be in the nis family. Otherwise the inet family is assumed. !!DIAGNOSTICS For each name added to the access control list, a line of the form "__''name''__ being added to access control list" is printed. For each name removed from the access control list, a line of the form "__''name''__ being removed from access control list" is printed. !!FILES /etc/X*.hosts !!SEE ALSO X(7), Xsecurity(7), Xserver(1), xdm(1) !!ENVIRONMENT __DISPLAY__ to get the default host and display to use. !!BUGS You can't specify a display on the command line because __-display__ is a valid command line argument (indicating that you want to remove the machine named __''``display''''__ from the access list). The X server stores network addresses, not host names. This is not really a bug. If somehow you change a host's network address while the server is still running, __''xhost''__ must be used to add the new address and/or remove the old address. !!AUTHORS Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Jim Gettys, MIT Project Athena (DEC). !!X Version 11 Release 6.5 xhost(1)
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