Hi, By adding following lines in a Guest .xml conf file , I'm able to send / receive datas between host and this guest. <channel type='pty'> <target type='virtio' name='arbitrary.virtio.serial.port.name'/> <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/> </channel> My question is the following : How may I find to which /dev/pts/x is mapped the source path ( from the host point of view) ? I was able to find it by having a look in the virt manager GUI , but I want to do it programmatically. I've tried to force it by specifying a source path in the .xml file .... No way Thx for help. Regards, J.P. Ribeauville P: +33.(0).1.47.17.27.87 Puteaux 3 Etage 5 Bureau 4 jpribeauville@axway.com<mailto:jpribeauville@axway.com> http://www.axway.com<http://www.axway.com/> P Pensez à l'environnement avant d'imprimer.