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Clarify rclone-over-SSH docs

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Also added a link to S. Ruderich's blog post explaining append-only
repos using rclone and SSH.
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@ -567,7 +567,17 @@ rclone e.g. via SSH on a server, for example:
.. code-block:: console .. code-block:: console
$ restic -o rclone.program="ssh user@host rclone" -r rclone:b2:foo/bar $ restic -o rclone.program="ssh user@remotehost rclone" -r rclone:b2:foo/bar
With these options, restic works with local files. It uses rclone and
credentials stored on ``remotehost`` to communicate with B2. All data (except
credentials) is encrypted/decrypted locally, then sent/received via
``remotehost`` to/from B2.
A more advanced version of this setup forbids specific hosts from removing
files in a repository. See the `blog post by Simon Ruderich
<https://ruderich.org/simon/notes/append-only-backups-with-restic-and-rclone>`_
for details.
The rclone command may also be hard-coded in the SSH configuration or the The rclone command may also be hard-coded in the SSH configuration or the
user's public key, in this case it may be sufficient to just start the SSH user's public key, in this case it may be sufficient to just start the SSH