One thing the author is missing is the ssh-copy-id command, which will copy a ssh key to he authroized_keys file and set the correct permissions. No need for complicated and fragile ssh host "mkdir .." commands
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Thanks for the suggestion... that is much simpler. I added that to the post. Sorry about commenting being so difficult; I'm using Posterous, so it's not by my design.
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