*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1903470 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1903470
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1903470 qemu 5.1.0: Add UNIX socket support for netdev socket -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/676934 Title: Ability to use -net socket with unix sockets Status in QEMU: New Bug description: It would be a nice feature (simplifying access control for example) to be able to do something like: qemu -net socket,listen=unix:/tmp/qemunet qemu -net socket,connect=unix:/tmp/qemunet For now one has to use TCP connections even for guests running on the same host, which involves setting up iptables to restrict access. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/676934/+subscriptions