### Please describe the problem.

git-annex leaves many stray processes around on a remote SSH server.

### What steps will reproduce the problem?

I'm not exactly sure, to be honest. I have setup a user for a friend on my home server with the following SSH key:

    command="git-annex-shell -c \"$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND\"",restrict ssh-rsa AAAAB[...]

They use that access to synchronize a repository in `/srv/media` which is read-only for them, thanks to simple file permissions (files are owned by another user and another group).

The friend uses the assistant to see progress of their transfers and regularly keep their local copy up to date. I suspect what is happening is the assistant is trying to *push* local changes to the remote server, and fails to do so.

### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?

The remote git-annex client is, I believe, the `6.20170101-1+deb9u2` version shipped in Debian stable. The server is running 7.20190122-1~bpo9+1 on Debian stretch.

### Please provide any additional information below.

Here's a dump of the stray processes:

[[!format sh """
# ps axfu | grep friend
root      8493  0.0  0.0 114176  7272 ?        Ss   12:24   0:00  \_ sshd: friend [priv]
friend    8502  0.0  0.0 114360  4536 ?        S    12:24   0:00  |   \_ sshd: friend@notty
friend    8511  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7760 ?     Ssl  12:24   0:00  |       \_ git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    8520  0.0  0.0  39356  3248 ?        Sl   12:24   0:00  |           \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
root     16282  0.0  0.0 114176  7240 ?        Ss   12:51   0:00  \_ sshd: friend [priv]
friend   16291  0.0  0.0 115036  5292 ?        S    12:51   0:00  |   \_ sshd: friend@notty
friend   16298  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7792 ?     Ssl  12:51   0:00  |       \_ git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   16302  0.0  0.0  39356  3280 ?        Sl   12:51   0:00  |       |   \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   16312  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7720 ?     Ssl  12:52   0:00  |       \_ git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   16317  0.0  0.0  39356  3276 ?        Sl   12:52   0:00  |       |   \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   16324  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7828 ?     Ssl  12:52   0:00  |       \_ git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   16328  0.0  0.0  39356  3336 ?        Sl   12:52   0:00  |       |   \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20296  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7680 ?     Ssl  13:06   0:00  |       \_ git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20300  0.0  0.0  39356  3260 ?        Sl   13:06   0:00  |           \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
root     32041  0.0  0.0  14004   972 pts/5    S+   13:49   0:00      \_ grep friend
friend   25870  0.0  0.0  65116  4560 ?        Ss   fév02   0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd --user
friend   25874  0.0  0.0 244548   720 ?        S    fév02   0:00  \_ (sd-pam)
friend   25952  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2088 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25956  0.0  0.0  39172   564 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   26062  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2196 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   26066  0.0  0.0  39172   548 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   29069  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2188 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   29073  0.0  0.0  39172   608 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30475  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2140 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30488  0.0  0.0  39172   568 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30476  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2196 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30492  0.0  0.0  39172   780 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30477  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2244 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30485  0.0  0.0  39172   544 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30478  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2140 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30495  0.0  0.0  39172   740 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30499  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2220 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30503  0.0  0.0  39172   628 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30505  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2096 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30510  0.0  0.0  39172   588 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30506  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2140 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30514  0.0  0.0  39172   728 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   30546  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2076 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   30550  0.0  0.0  39172   588 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   16664  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2144 ?     Ssl  fév02   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   16668  0.0  0.0  39172   756 ?        Sl   fév02   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    5225  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2520 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    5229  0.0  0.0  39324   904 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25302  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2256 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25337  0.0  0.0  39356   328 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25304  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2408 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25342  0.0  0.0  39356   376 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25305  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2248 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25336  0.0  0.0  39356   340 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25307  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2432 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25341  0.0  0.0  39356   364 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25362  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2392 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25366  0.0  0.0  39356   400 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25386  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2136 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25399  0.0  0.0  39356   564 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25387  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2440 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25400  0.0  0.0  39356   500 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25388  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2136 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25394  0.0  0.0  39356   420 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    1181  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2308 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    1186  0.0  0.0  39356   380 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    6483  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2336 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    6487  0.0  0.0  39356   436 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    9714  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2340 ?     Ssl  fév03   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    9718  0.0  0.0  39356   360 ?        Sl   fév03   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    9117  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2392 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    9121  0.0  0.0  39356   536 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   13542  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2264 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   13558  0.0  0.0  39356   436 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   13543  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2328 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   13553  0.0  0.0  39356   532 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   13544  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2272 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   13561  0.0  0.0  39356   540 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   13545  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2380 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   13560  0.0  0.0  39356   592 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    1940  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2264 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    1944  0.0  0.0  39356   468 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    8515  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2348 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    8519  0.0  0.0  39356   520 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   11968  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2424 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   11972  0.0  0.0  39356   640 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   24944  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2264 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   24948  0.0  0.0  39356   504 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   25327  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2416 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   25335  0.0  0.0  39356   668 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   10241  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2272 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   10245  0.0  0.0  39356   552 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   15442  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2272 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   15446  0.0  0.0  39356   524 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   16915  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2248 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   16919  0.0  0.0  39356   592 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   29211  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2420 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   29215  0.0  0.0  39356   552 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    1623  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2220 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    1630  0.0  0.0  39356   312 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    1624  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2360 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    1632  0.0  0.0  39356   268 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   11255  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2312 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   11259  0.0  0.0  39356   340 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   29421  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2424 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   29425  0.0  0.0  39356   260 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    8089  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2220 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    8100  0.0  0.0  39356   372 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    8090  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2024 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    8101  0.0  0.0  39356   432 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    8091  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2048 ?     Ssl  fév04   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    8103  0.0  0.0  39356   500 ?        Sl   fév04   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   32567  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2680 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   32571  0.0  0.0  39356   588 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    3556  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2672 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    3561  0.0  0.0  39356   632 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    3557  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2688 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    3565  0.0  0.0  39356   656 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    3566  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2816 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    3578  0.0  0.0  39356   680 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    3567  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2656 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    3577  0.0  0.0  39356   916 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    3587  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2880 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    3591  0.0  0.0  39356   956 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   14117  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3444 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   14121  0.0  0.0  39356   984 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20449  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3464 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20453  0.0  0.0  39356   888 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20469  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3528 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20480  0.0  0.0  39356   904 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20483  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3140 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20492  0.0  0.0  39356  1056 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20484  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3168 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20491  0.0  0.0  39356  1040 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20498  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3348 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20502  0.0  0.0  39356   848 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   32112  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3360 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   32116  0.0  0.0  39356   768 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   28244  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3452 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   28248  0.0  0.0  39356   936 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   28266  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3352 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   28276  0.0  0.0  39356   976 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   28267  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3332 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   28273  0.0  0.0  39356  1016 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   28284  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3388 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   28289  0.0  0.0  39356   900 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   28285  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3328 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   28293  0.0  0.0  39356   748 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   31816  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3384 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   31827  0.0  0.0  39356   852 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   31822  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2612 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   31835  0.0  0.0  39356   780 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   31823  0.0  0.0 1074101432 2496 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   31832  0.0  0.0  39356   748 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   31842  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3272 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   31846  0.0  0.0  39356   964 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    9226  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3416 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    9230  0.0  0.0  39356   508 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   13564  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3456 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   13568  0.0  0.0  39356   708 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    4424  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3348 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    4433  0.0  0.0  39356   788 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend    4425  0.0  0.0 1074101432 3500 ?     Ssl  fév05   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend    4432  0.0  0.0  39356   664 ?        Sl   fév05   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   12235  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7784 ?     Ssl  08:37   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   12239  0.0  0.0  39356  3172 ?        Sl   08:37   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   15636  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7600 ?     Ssl  08:50   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   15640  0.0  0.0  39356  3248 ?        Sl   08:50   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   17626  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7560 ?     Ssl  09:00   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   17638  0.0  0.0  39356  3232 ?        Sl   09:00   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   17628  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7660 ?     Ssl  09:00   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   17633  0.0  0.0  39356  3240 ?        Sl   09:00   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20252  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7820 ?     Ssl  11:10   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20258  0.0  0.0  39356  3228 ?        Sl   11:10   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20253  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7884 ?     Ssl  11:10   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20263  0.0  0.0  39356  3320 ?        Sl   11:10   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
friend   20287  0.0  0.0 1074101432 7684 ?     Ssl  11:10   0:00 git-annex-shell -c git-receive-pack '/srv/media'
friend   20291  0.0  0.0  39356  3224 ?        Sl   11:10   0:00  \_ git receive-pack /srv/media
"""]]

Notice how many processes are orphaned there: they are not owned by
any process and will seemingly never terminate. They are fairly
harmless as I do not believe they are holding a lock (they can't: the
repo is readonly) and will probably get swapped to disk. But
eventually they *will* overrun even the swap if I wait long enough. :)
I can kill the processes, but then it means I might kill a running
transfer which is too bad - it's hard to tell which of those processes
are valid.

I have also seen such behavior when *I* connect to my remote SSH
server but switch networks (say between wired and wireless) on my
laptop: the SSH process would hang on the older connection and the
sshd-managed process would keep a lock on the repository, keeping me
from making further connections to the repository. I'd then have to
login to the server and kill those pesky git-annex process to resume
my work.

I've seen this behavior with more recent versions in buster, so I
doubt this problem is fixed in later versions. I'm also unsure it's
git-annex's fault, to be fair: we might want SSH to fail earlier here
which would make git-annex recover. But then on the other hand, we
often *like* SSH to hang on through network failure and recover when
the network comes back...

### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)

I have, of course. :) You'd be happy to know this attempt at making
this friend use git-annex is proving more successful than last time
(the now deleted [[bugs/flooding_me_with_ssh_password_prompts]] which
led to the also deleted [[bugs/kill_git-annex_assistant_on_logout]]),
mainly because I got my head out of my figurative bottom and properly
configured SSH to never ever prompt for passwords. What we're seeing
now is a different problem than the original flood of passwords, of
course, but it might be related to the latter bug.

In general, the user is quite happy about git-annex now that they
understood how to fetch files through their file manager and see
progress through the GUI. I'm similarly happy to have less
hand-holding to do myself. :)

Thanks again for your great work! -- [[anarcat]]
