mention new agent-askpass and agent-add behavior

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Steven Agyekum 2021-08-02 19:36:36 +02:00
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This command starts the SSH agent and loads the private key from the "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" environment var. The command takes one optional argument, for the name of the agent to be started. Defaults to "default".
As with agent-start, this command needs to be sourced.
#### agent-askpass
This command is called by ssh-add when the [SSH_ASKPASS](https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-add.1#ENVIRONMENT) variable is set active. The command returns the SSH_PASS to [ssh-askpass(1)](https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-askpass.1).
This command is ignored by ssh-add if the key does not require a passphrase.
### known_hosts management
#### hosts-clear
This command truncates the known_hosts file and sets its permissions.
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script:
- rsync -zrSlhaO --chmod=D2775,F664 --delete-after . $FTP_USER@$FTP_HOST:/var/www/deployment/
```
## Using with passphrase protected key
You can supply a passphrase with ``SSH_PASS`` to ``agent-add``, ``agent-start`` or ``agent-autostart``.
```
SSH_PASS="THE_PASSPHRASE" agent-add
```