Index: utils/mk_wrapper
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--- utils/mk_wrapper
+++ utils/mk_wrapper
@@ -27,10 +27,22 @@
 # echo "exec $prefix/bin/.\$(lsb_release -sr)/$cmd \"\$@\"" >> $target
 echo "#!/bin/bash" > $target
 
 if [[ $cmd =~ dboard ]]; then
     cat >> $target <<'EOF'
+
+# disable if not running on homehost
+if [[ -e .homehost ]]; then
+  homehostname=$( host `cat .homehost` | awk '{print $NF}' | sed 's/\.$//' )
+  hostname=$( hostname -f )
+
+  if [[ ! ($homehostname == $hostname) ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: this host ($hostname) is not the homehost ($homehostname) for this megatest run area.  Cannot start dashboard."
+    echo "       Please log into homehost before launching dashboard."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
 
 # check that $DISPLAY is set
 if [[ -z $DISPLAY ]]; then
    echo 'ERROR: $DISPLAY environment variable is not set; megatest dashboard requires X display address to be set in $DISPLAY.'
    exit 1