From 521217550db23d38feade1b0ea3ab11b6b9361a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Milkey Mouse <milkey-mouse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 12:31:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Address SSH batch mode in docs (fixes #2202) (#2270)

---
 docs/usage.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index f2f3585f6..365e5f790 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -986,3 +986,11 @@ for e.g. regular pruning.
 Further protections can be implemented, but are outside of Borgs scope. For example,
 file system snapshots or wrapping ``borg serve`` to set special permissions or ACLs on
 new data files.
+
+SSH batch mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When running |project_name| using an automated script, ``ssh`` might still ask for a password,
+even if there is an SSH key for the target server. Use this to make scripts more robust::
+
+    export BORG_RSH='ssh -oBatchMode=yes'