I've been chastised in the past for giving long, drawn-out answers instead of shorter, more "cookbook" answers (including from yourself if I am not mistaken ;-) -- especially when treating the original poster like a "noob" in the eyes of some (e.g., the non-existance of the remote .ssh directory, which a user who has used scp would probably know). So my post was trying to keep it that way.
Mostly accurate. I criticized you for offering theory to someone wanting practice. My addition here still falls within the boundaries of practice. Also, I've NEVER criticized you for the verbosity of your responses. I've criticized you and SEVERAL others for the QUANTITY of responses to a thread, and for refusing to let a thread die. You're not the worst offender here for that, although you're the most infamous for it. War & peace is a shorter read than some of the recent threads on the list (general statement of fact. not directed at you. don't get worked up.)
Side note -
<flame suit on> Didn't you request to be removed from posting to the list to avoid this sort of hostility? How's that working out for ya? :-P
</flame suit off>
-- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center