diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
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+++ b/config.sh
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+export _url="hugo-skeleton.home"
+export _user='ray'
diff --git a/deploy-script.sh b/deploy-script.sh
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+++ b/deploy-script.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
+  echo "deploy-script.sh: Error - Must supply script as argument"
+  exit
+else
+  _script="$1"
+fi
+
+. ./config.sh
+
+cat config.sh "$_script" | ssh root@"$_url" "cat >/tmp/deploy-script.sh"
+ssh root@"$_url" '/bin/bash /tmp/deploy-script.sh'
+ssh root@"$_url" '/bin/bash -c "rm /tmp/deploy-script.sh"'
+
+
diff --git a/user.sh b/user.sh
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+++ b/user.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+useradd -m -s /bin/bash "$_user"
+groupadd sudo
+usermod -aG sudo "$_user"
+mkdir /home/"$_user"/.ssh
+cp /root/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/"$_user"/.ssh/
+chown "$_user": /home/"$_user"/.ssh/authorized_keys
+passwd -d "$_user"
+chage -d 0 "$_user"
+
+# TODO test apt-get is used
+apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y install sudo
+# TODO ensure group sudo is allowed sudo