diff --git a/zssh.funcs.zsh b/zssh.funcs.zsh
index a4b0386..2fb922a 100644
--- a/zssh.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zssh.funcs.zsh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 function zssh_boot()
 {
+  zbootstrap_message zssh "zssh is booting up ----------------------------"
   typeset -g zssh_ssh_dotdir="${HOME}/.ssh"
   typeset -g zssh_private_keys="${zssh_ssh_dotdir}/keystore"
   typeset -g zssh_private_configs="${zssh_ssh_dotdir}/config.d"
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ function zssh_configure ()
     if [[ ${#zssh_host_config_accesses} -gt 0 ]]
     then
       zbootstrap_message zssh "zssh_host_config_accesses is set"
+      zbootstrap_message zssh "global our pubkey directory is $(zssh_host_info -K)"
+      zbootstrap_message zssh "global our config directory is $(zssh_host_info -c)"
       typeset -g zssh_global_config_hostdir="${zssh_global_configs}/${zssh_host}"
       typeset -g zssh_global_pubkey_hostdir="${zssh_global_pubkeys}/${zssh_host}"
-      ztools_ensure -d "${zssh_global_pubkey_hostdir}"
-      ztools_ensure -d "${zssh_global_config_hostdir}"
+      ztools_ensure -d $(zssh_host_info -K) #"${zssh_global_pubkey_hostdir}" 
+      ztools_ensure -d $(zssh_host_info -C) # "${zssh_global_config_hostdir}"
     else
       zbootstrap_message zssh "zssh_host_config_accesses is NOT set, not going to bother accepting keys"
     fi
@@ -34,6 +37,51 @@ function zssh_configure ()
   fi
 }
 
+function zssh_host_info()
+{
+  local=ssh_node=${zssh_host}
+  zssh_node_info ${zssh_host} $@
+}
+
+function zssh_node_info()
+{
+  local ssh_node=$1
+  shift
+  while getopts 'kKcCM:E:' opt
+  do
+    case $opt in
+      (s)
+        # private privkey 
+        echo "$zssh_private_keys/${ssh_node}.key"
+        ;;
+      (k)
+        # private pubkey 
+        echo "$zssh_private_keys/${ssh_node}.key.pub"
+        ;;
+      (M)
+        # public pubkey mail file
+        echo "$zssh_global_pubkeys/${ssh_node}/${OPTARG}.key.pub"
+        ;;
+      (K)
+        # public pubkey bucket
+        echo "$zssh_global_pubkeys/${ssh_node}"
+        ;;
+      (c)
+        # private ssh hostconfig
+        echo "$zssh_private_configs/${ssh_node}.sshconf"
+        ;;
+      (C)
+        # public config bucket
+        echo "$zssh_global_configs/${ssh_node}"
+        ;;
+      (E)
+        # public config bucket piece
+        echo "$zssh_global_configs/${ssh_node}/${OPTARG}.sshconf"
+        ;;
+    esac
+  done
+}
+
 function zssh_process()
 {
   if [[ -n "$zssh_host" ]]
@@ -41,13 +89,14 @@ function zssh_process()
     if [[ ${#zssh_host_config_accesses} -gt 0 ]]
     then
       zbootstrap_message zssh "processing ssh server setup"
-      if [[ "${HOME}/.config/zsh/local.config.zsh" -nt "${zssh_global_config_hostdir}" ]]
+      if [[ "${HOME}/.config/zsh/local.config.zsh" -nt $(zssh_host_info -c) ]]
       then
         zbootstrap_message zssh "publishing our configs …"
         zssh_publish_configs
       else
-        zbootstrap_message zssh "not publishing our configs …"
+        zbootstrap_message zssh "no need to publish our configs"
       fi
+      zssh_check_pubkeys
     fi
     zbootstrap_message zssh "processing ssh client setup"
     zssh_install_peers
@@ -55,6 +104,11 @@ function zssh_process()
   fi
 }
 
+function zssh_check_pubkeys()
+{
+  [[ ${#zssh_host_config_accesses} -gt 0 ]] || return 62
+}
+
 function zssh_install_peers()
 {
   [[ -n $zssh_host ]] || return 63
@@ -79,23 +133,26 @@ function zssh_mail_pubkey2()
 {
   [[ -n $zssh_host ]] || return 63
   ssh_node="$1"
-  local targetspool="$zssh_global_pubkeys/$ssh_node"
-  local srcpk="$zssh_private_keys/$ssh_node.key.pub"
-  ztools_ensure -d "${targetspool}"
-  cp -t "$targetspool" "$srcpk"
+  ztools_ensure -d $(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -K)
+  if ! [[ $(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -k) -ot "$(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -K)/$zssh_host.key.pub" ]]
+  then 
+    zbootstrap_message zssh "sending '$(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -k) to '$(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -K ${zssh_host})'"
+    cp $(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -k) (zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -K ${zssh_host})
+  else
+    zbootstrap_message zssh "'$(zssh_node_info ${ssh_node} -K ${zssh_host})' already mailed"
+  fi
 }
 
 function zssh_publish_configs()
 {
-  [[ -n "$zssh_host_config_accesses" ]] || return 62
+  [[  "${#zssh_host_config_accesses}" -tf 0 ]] || return 62
   for sshmatch in ${(k)zssh_host_config_accesses}
   do
-    hostaccessconfig_file="${zssh_global_config_hostdir}/${sshmatch}.sshconf"
-    zbootstrap_message zssh "generating our server access config '${hostaccessconfig_file}'"
-    zssh_generate_hostaccessconfig $sshmatch > "$hostaccessconfig_file"
+    zbootstrap_message zssh "generating our server access config '$(zssh_host_info -E ${sshmatch})'" # '${hostaccessconfig_file}'"
+    zssh_generate_hostaccessconfig $sshmatch > "$(zssh_host_info -E ${sshmatch})" # "$hostaccessconfig_file"
   done
-  zbootstrap_message zssh "updating mtime for ${zssh_global_config_hostdir}"
-  touch "${zssh_global_config_hostdir}"
+  zbootstrap_message zssh "updating mtime for $(zssh_host_info -C)"
+  touch "$(zssh_host_info -C)"
 }
 
 function zssh_generate_hostaccessconfig()