[[!comment format=mdwn username="http://joeyh.name/" nickname="joey" subject="comment 6" date="2013-04-13T22:40:02Z" content=""" No, it is not supposed to do that. Can you take a look at the `.ssh/authorized_keys` file on the remote and see what key it has configured to run git-annex-shell? This should not be your main ssh key.. """]]