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