From b885b631524eba72576c6ebbd422e7e2d7a63b47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ADAM David Alan Martin <adam@recursive.engineer>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 14:23:50 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Do all work in a single ssh command.

This means that if a password is required, it happens only once.
---
 gen-and-distrib-new-key.sh | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gen-and-distrib-new-key.sh b/gen-and-distrib-new-key.sh
index 270c2b1..2684b8f 100755
--- a/gen-and-distrib-new-key.sh
+++ b/gen-and-distrib-new-key.sh
@@ -32,10 +32,17 @@ mkdir -p ~/.ssh/newkeys
 #echo rm -f ${keyname}
 rm -f ~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname}
 
-ssh-keygen -t ${keytype} -b ${keybits} -V +6w -f ~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname}
+ssh-keygen -N "" -t ${keytype} -b ${keybits} -V +6w -f ~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname}
 
-ssh ${target} "mkdir -p .ssh/incoming; rm -f .ssh/incoming/${keyname}" || exit
-scp ~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname}.pub ${target}:.ssh/incoming/id_${hostname}.pub || exit
+keytext=$(<~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname}.pub)
 rm ~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname}.pub
-ssh ${target} "mkdir -p .ssh/valid; mv .ssh/incoming/id_${hostname}.pub .ssh/valid; cat .ssh/valid/* > .ssh/authorized_keys" || exit
+
+ssh ${target} \
+"\
+	mkdir -p .ssh/incoming; rm -f .ssh/incoming/${keyname};\
+	echo ${keytext} >> .ssh/incoming/id_${hostname}.pub; \
+	cat .ssh/incoming/id_${hostname}.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys; \
+	mkdir -p .ssh/valid; mv .ssh/incoming/id_${hostname}.pub .ssh/valid; cat .ssh/valid/* > .ssh/authorized_keys;\
+"
+
 mv ~/.ssh/newkeys/${keyname} ~/.ssh/${keyname}