Forwarding Variable with SSH

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Did you know that you can easily forward a variable (or secret) via SSH … ?

This Variable is just available if you’re logged in and never stored in any configfile or backup. This can be a real advantage …

Sending Host

/etc/ssh/ssh_conf

Host trustedhost.world
  SendEnv        _secret

Receiving Host

/etc/ssh/sshd_conf

AcceptEnv               _secret

restart sshd

Connect

user@myhost ~# export _secret=topsecret99
user@myhost ~# ssh trustedhost.world

user@trustedhost ~# set |grep _secret
_secret=topsecret99

here we are …

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