Pushing Your Profile and SSH Keys

When ever you start supporting a new environment especially in a large corporation usually you are confronted with many systems.  Security will take care of setting up your access across whatever platforms there may be.  But generally you are left holding the bag with setting up your ssh keys and any profile customizations not to mention distribution of any scripts or tools you have come to rely upon.  Of course before you put any tools on a system there are several things to consider.  You definitely want to consider the environments you are first performing the distributions on and it is always good to start with development or lab environments and move out from there.  Also you will need to consider the corporate policies related to the environment which might limit your ability to even have your own set of tools and scripts.  You may be limited down to simple .profile changes and ssh keys.  Implementing a script to push these keys and profiles out may need to go through various degrees of red tape.  Whatever policies and requirements exist in your organization are your responsibility to know and to determine how or if the tools discussed here may be used.

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