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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="anarcat"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4ad594c1e13211c1ad9edb81ce5110b7"
+ subject="indeed."
+ date="2022-01-12T15:56:25Z"
+ content="""
+the problem was that i had a `~/git-shell-commands/rsync` overriding the rsync command to try to restrict *that*, since i'm using a gcrypt remote... it was clunky and badly designed and, ultimately, insecure. i replaced it with `rrsync /home/anarcat/offsite/` but even that is not the best either, as the script says it \"assumes someone will not subvert the rsync protocol\" which hardly seems reassuring.
+
+i also had to change my remotes to follow the \"chroot\" of sorts:
+
+ git config remote.offsite-annex.annex-rsyncurl anarcat@remote-annex:Videos.annex/
+ git remote set-url offsite-git gcrypt::rsync://anarcat@remote-annex:Videos.git/
+
+Running `git fetch` by hand convinced me the problem wasn't git-annex related... From there I reread the git-annex-shell and git-shell commands and noticed that bit about the obscure `git-shell-commands` directory, and found that jem. I even had an error in `journalctl -f` that confirm the problem, something i overlooked as well...
+
+so this indeed seems like a problem on my end. sorry for the delay and the noise!
+"""]]