Find the IP address of the client in an SSH session

Question

I have a script that is to be run by a person that logs in to the server with SSH.

Is there a way to find out automatically what IP address the user is connecting fr

Answer 1

an older thread with a lot of answers, but none are quite what i was looking for, so i'm contributing mine:

sshpid=$$
sshloop=0
while [ "$sshloop" = "0" ]; do
        if [ "$(strings /proc/${sshpid}/environ | grep ^SSH_CLIENT)" ];
then
                read sshClientIP sshClientSport sshClientDport <<< $(strings /proc/${sshpid}/environ | grep ^SSH_CLIENT | cut -d= -f2)
                sshloop=1
        else
                sshpid=$(cat /proc/${sshpid}/status | grep PPid | awk '{print $2}')
                [ "$sshpid" = "0" ] && sshClientIP="localhost" && sshloop=1
        fi
done

this method is compatible with direct ssh, sudoed users, and screen sessions. it will trail up through the process tree until it finds a pid with the SSH_CLIENT variable, then record its IP as $sshClientIP. if it gets too far up the tree, it will record the IP as 'localhost' and leave the loop.