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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="joey"
+ subject="""comment 6"""
+ date="2015-02-12T18:20:39Z"
+ content="""
+Does it work if ssh allocates a pseudo-tty?
+
+ssh -t myuser@mynas "git-annex-shell 'configlist' 'mygitannexfolder'"
+
+There must be some fundamental difference in the environment between the
+same command being run over ssh and at the console that is making it behave
+differently one way than the other. It could be the pseudo-tty, or an
+environment variable, or a different user account, or whatever. 
+
+I think that the only way to get to the bottom of this problem is going to be 
+finding out what the difference is. (Or perhaps stracing it to see what
+it's doing when it uses so much memory.)
+"""]]