diff --git a/docker-rsync/hosts-clear b/docker-rsync/hosts-clear
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44ae71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-rsync/hosts-clear
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+truncate -s 0 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
diff --git a/docker-rsync/hosts-init b/docker-rsync/hosts-init
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d193ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-rsync/hosts-init
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+touch ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+chmod 600 ~/.ssh/known_hosts