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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
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SSH, The Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition

by Daniel J. Barrett, Richard E. Silverman, Robert G. Byrnes
May 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
666 pages
21h 5m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Environment Variables

Variable

Set by

In

Meaning

SSH_ASKPASS

ssh user

OpenSSH

Path to askpass program

SSH_AUTH_SOCK

ssh-agent

OpenSSH

Path to socket

SSH2_AUTH_SOCK

ssh-agent

Tectia

Path to socket

SSH_CLIENT

sshd

OpenSSH

Client socket info

SSH2_CLIENT

sshd

Tectia

Client socket info

SSH_CONNECTION

sshd

OpenSSH

Client and server socket info

SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND

sshd

OpenSSH

Client’s remote command string

SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND2

sshd

Tectia

Client’s remote command string

SSH_SOCKS_SERVER

ssh user

Tectia

SOCKS firewall information

SSH_TTY

sshd

OpenSSH

Name of allocated TTY

SSH2_TTY

sshd

Tectia

Name of allocated TTY

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