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102-500 Exam - Question 89


Which mechanism does ssh use to interact with the SSH agent?

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Correct Answer: E

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.

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Roger95Option: E
Nov 20, 2021

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

SScottOption: E
Mar 27, 2022

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)