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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx index 8b662648ae..ecf7ca12d7 100644 --- a/qemu-options.hx +++ b/qemu-options.hx @@ -1421,8 +1421,28 @@ Then when you use on the host @code{telnet localhost 5555}, you connect to the guest telnet server. @item guestfwd=[tcp]:@var{server}:@var{port}-@var{dev} +@item guestfwd=[tcp]:@var{server}:@var{port}-@var{cmd:command} Forward guest TCP connections to the IP address @var{server} on port @var{port} -to the character device @var{dev}. This option can be given multiple times. +to the character device @var{dev} or to a program executed by @var{cmd:command} +which gets spawned for each connection. This option can be given multiple times. + +You can either use a chardev directly and have that one used throughout Qemu's +lifetime, like in the following example: + +@example +# open 10.10.1.1:4321 on bootup, connect 10.0.2.100:1234 to it whenever +# the guest accesses it +qemu -net user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-tcp:10.10.1.1:4321 [...] +@end example + +Or you can execute a command on every TCP connection established by the guest, +so that Qemu behaves similar to an inetd process for that virtual server: + +@example +# call "netcat 10.10.1.1 4321" on every TCP connection to 10.0.2.100:1234 +# and connect the TCP stream to its stdin/stdout +qemu -net 'user,guestfwd=tcp:10.0.2.100:1234-cmd:netcat 10.10.1.1 4321' +@end example @end table |