From 94ba9696763c6945697f38af63966c8a10942d80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mssonicbld <79238446+mssonicbld@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:11:59 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] [write standby] force DB connections to use unix socket to
 connect (#14524) (#14553)

---
 files/scripts/write_standby.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/files/scripts/write_standby.py b/files/scripts/write_standby.py
index 13c5b17ea6..745b9c503d 100755
--- a/files/scripts/write_standby.py
+++ b/files/scripts/write_standby.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class MuxStateWriter(object):
         Initializes the connector during the first call
         """
         if self.config_db_connector is None:
-            self.config_db_connector = ConfigDBConnector()
+            self.config_db_connector = ConfigDBConnector(use_unix_socket_path=True)
             self.config_db_connector.connect()
 
         return self.config_db_connector
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class MuxStateWriter(object):
         Initializes the connector during the first call
         """
         if self.asic_db_connector is None:
-            self.asic_db_connector = SonicV2Connector()
+            self.asic_db_connector = SonicV2Connector(use_unix_socket_path=True)
             self.asic_db_connector.connect('ASIC_DB')
 
         return self.asic_db_connector