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+#!/bin/sh
+##      gajim
+##
+## Gajim Team:
+##      - Yann Le Boulanger <asterix@lagaule.org>
+##      - Vincent Hanquez <tab@snarc.org>
+##		- Nikos Kouremenos <kourem@gmail.com>
+##		- Dimitur Kirov <dkirov@gmail.com>
+##		
+##      Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Gajim Team
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+## by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ]; then
+	echo "You must not launch gajim-remote as root, it is INSECURE"
+fi
+
+cd PREFIX/share/gajim/scripts
+export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:PREFIX/lib/gajim"
+python gajim-remote.py $@