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sftp: Update docs with Synology quirks

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SFTP is the [Secure (or SSH) File Transfer
Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol).
It runs over SSH v2 and is standard with most modern SSH
installations.
SFTP runs over SSH v2 and is installed as standard with most modern
SSH installations.
Paths are specified as `remote:path`. If the path does not begin with
a `/` it is relative to the home directory of the user. An empty path
`remote:` refers to the user's home directory.
Note that some SFTP servers will need the leading `/` - Synology is a
good example of this.
Here is an example of making an SFTP configuration. First run
rclone config
@ -173,6 +176,10 @@ which are not under your control, and to which the execution of remote commands
is prohibited. Set the configuration option `disable_hashcheck` to `true` to
disable checksumming.
Note that some SFTP servers (eg Synology) the paths are different for
SSH and SFTP so the hashes can't be calculated properly. For them
using `disable_hashcheck` is a good idea.
The only ssh agent supported under Windows is Putty's pageant.
The Go SSH library disables the use of the aes128-cbc cipher by