With /etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf below: uri_aliases = [ "hail=qemu:///system", "sleet=qemu+ssh://root 9 115 122 57/system", "sam=qemu+unix:///system?socket=/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock", ] Issue "virsh -c hailly" results in matching "hail=qemu:///system" Fix URI alias prefix matching when connecting Signed-off-by: Wen Ruo Lv <lvroyce(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt; --- src/libvirt.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/libvirt.c b/src/libvirt.c index e9d1a29..54e283f 100644 --- a/src/libvirt.c +++ b/src/libvirt.c @@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ virConnectOpenFindURIAliasMatch(virConfValuePtr value, const char *alias, char * return -1; } - if (STREQLEN(entry->str, alias, offset-entry->str)) { + if (STREQLEN(entry->str, alias, strlen(alias))) { VIR_DEBUG("Resolved alias '%s' to '%s'", alias, offset+1); if (!(*uri = strdup(offset+1))) { -- 1.7.4.1