[[!comment format=mdwn
 username="yarikoptic"
 avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/f11e9c84cb18d26a1748c33b48c924b4"
 subject="reproducer"
 date="2021-08-30T18:07:05Z"
 content="""
> I have not been able to reproduce the other error involving opening a temp file.

if of any help -- output from --debug:
```
[2021-08-30 13:59:19.423059134] (Utility.Process) process [2353815] chat: ssh [\"localhost\",\"-S\",\".git/annex/ssh/localhost\",\"-o\",\"ControlMaster=auto\",\"-o\",\"ControlPersist=yes\",\"-T\",\"git-annex-shell 'p2pstdio' '/tmp/testroot' '--debug' 'b438aaf1-df6e-4dcd-8342-6b4c3490ddc2' --uuid e5fb275a-f2d6-45ec-89e0-be9c5737a985\"]
[2021-08-30 13:59:19.468653141] (P2P.IO) [ssh connection Just 2353815] [ThreadId 4] P2P < AUTH-SUCCESS e5fb275a-f2d6-45ec-89e0-be9c5737a985
[2021-08-30 13:59:19.468876656] (P2P.IO) [ssh connection Just 2353815] [ThreadId 4] P2P > VERSION 1
[2021-08-30 13:59:19.469785069] (P2P.IO) [ssh connection Just 2353815] [ThreadId 4] P2P < VERSION 1
[2021-08-30 13:59:19.470001878] (P2P.IO) [ssh connection Just 2353815] [ThreadId 4] P2P > GET 0 123 MD5E-s4--ba1f2511fc30423bdbb183fe33f3dd0f
[2021-08-30 13:59:19.470733309] (P2P.IO) [ThreadId 4] P2P < GET 0 123 MD5E-s4--ba1f2511fc30423bdbb183fe33f3dd0f
git-annex: /tmp/testroot/.git/annex: openTempFile: permission denied (Permission denied)

```

and here is a reproducer which shows me that error using 8.20210803+git133-ga7cf5abf3-1~ndall+1

```
#!/bin/bash

export PS4='> '
set -eu

set -x

d=\"$(sudo mktemp -d ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/ann-XXXXXXX)\"
dclone=\"$d-clone\"


umask 022

sudo git -C $d init
sudo git -C $d annex init
sudo bash -c \"echo 123 > $d/123\"
sudo git -C $d annex add $d/123
sudo git -C $d commit -m 123
sudo chmod go+rX -R \"$d\"

git clone \"$d\" \"$dclone\"
git -C \"$dclone\" annex get .

```

"""]]
