[Lxc-users] lxc unix socket, what is it for?

[C Anthony Risinger]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 7:16 AM, arkaitzj at gmail.com <arkaitzj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm working with a setup where I store my containers in a place different
> than /var/lib/lxc/ and I have no issue working with them.
> However, looking at lxc-ls implementation I noticed there is a unix socket
> created at the /var/lib/lxc location:
>
> unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     4573
> @/var/lib/lxc/node01/command
>
> What is this for? is it required for anything basic I'm overlooking here? In
> that case, any way I can change that dir to where I store my vms? looking at
> the source code it doesn't look like.

isn't that an abstract socket?  it shouldn't actually exist on the FS ...

C Anthony