Environment Variables

Variable Set By In Meaning
SSH_AUTH_SOCK ssh-agent SSH1, OpenSSH Path to socket
SSH2_AUTH_SOCK ssh-agent SSH2 Path to socket
SSH_CLIENT sshd SSH1, OpenSSH Socket info
SSH2_CLIENT sshd SSH2 Socket info
SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND sshd SSH1 Client's remote command string
SSH_SOCKS_SERVER sshd SSH2 SOCKS firewall information
SSH_TTY sshd SSH1, OpenSSH Name of allocated TTY
SSH2_TTY sshd SSH2 Name of allocated TTY