Which mechanism does ssh use to interact with the SSH agent?
Which mechanism does ssh use to interact with the SSH agent?
SSH uses environment variables such as SSH_AUTH_SOCK to interact with the SSH agent. SSH_AUTH_SOCK is set to point to a unix-domain socket used for communicating with the agent, allowing the ssh command to know where to connect to access the agent functionalities.
https://www.ssh.com/academy/ssh/agent The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment variable is set to point to a unix-domain socket used for communicating with the agent
The environment variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK is correct. https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/networking_2ndEd/ssh/ch06_03.htm#:~:text=Automatic%20agent%20loading%20(subshell%20method)