diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index f7304ed..b2af461 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 
-# Unlimited use with this notice. (C) 2004-2018 George Georgalis <george@galis.org>
+# (c) 2004-2022 George Georgalis <george@galis.org> unlimited use with this notice 
+
+Copyright and use license are stored in respective files of this repo. In cases
+where they are not and you require them, apply this file.
 
diff --git a/boot/cos7/hostroot b/boot/cos7/hostroot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5857c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/cos7/hostroot
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# REQUIRE: time
+# BEFORE: etc
+# PROVIDE: hostroot
+# KEYWORD: cos7-boot
+
+set -e
+
+chkerr () {  [ "$*" ] && { stderr    ">>> $* <<<" ; return 1  ;} || true ;} #:> err stderr args return 1, noop if null
+
+[ -e /root/root.pub ] || chkerr "It only makes sense to run this if we have a root pub key ready..."
+
+install -m 755 -o root -g wheel -d /etc/ssh/auth
+install -m 644 -o root -g wheel /root/root.pub /etc/ssh/auth/
+mv /root/root.pub /root/root.pub~
+
+##:: Reconfigure sshd to allow root login and disallow password authentication. 
+[ -e /etc/ssh/sshd_config-orig ] || cp -p /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config-orig
+sed '
+	s/.*PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/
+	s/.*PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/
+	s/.*UsePam.*/UsePam no/
+	s=.*AuthorizedKeysFile.*=AuthorizedKeysFile      /etc/ssh/auth/%u.pub=
+    ' /etc/ssh/sshd_config >/etc/ssh/sshd_config-tmp \
+	&& mv /etc/ssh/sshd_config-tmp /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+
+systemctl enable sshd || true
+systemctl stop sshd || true
+systemctl start sshd 
+# systemctl status sshd
diff --git a/boot/cos7/yum-desktop b/boot/cos7/yum-desktop
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7952293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/cos7/yum-desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# REQUIRE: yum-epel
+# BEFORE: 
+# PROVIDE: yum-desktop
+# KEYWORD: cos7
+
+set -e
+
+yum -y groupinstall Xfce 
+yum -y install xrdp xterm firefox
+
diff --git a/boot/cos7/yum-epel b/boot/cos7/yum-epel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5299e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/cos7/yum-epel
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# REQUIRE: 
+# BEFORE: 
+# PROVIDE: yum-epel
+# KEYWORD: cos7
+
+set -e
+
+yum install epel-release -y
+
diff --git a/boot/cos7/yum-main b/boot/cos7/yum-main
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82ea478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/cos7/yum-main
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# REQUIRE: 
+# BEFORE: 
+# PROVIDE: yum-main
+# KEYWORD: cos7
+
+set -e
+
+yum -y install fping mtr ndjbdns net-tools nmap rsync telnet lua
+yum -y install bc gnupg2 lsof rcs tmux vim-enhanced yum-utils git
+
+yum -y install gnuplot rrdtool units aspell
+
+yum -y groupinstall development 
+yum -y install ShellCheck
+# npm nodejs
+
diff --git a/boot/cos7/yum-min b/boot/cos7/yum-min
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fcc823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/boot/cos7/yum-min
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# REQUIRE: 
+# BEFORE: 
+# PROVIDE: yum-min
+# KEYWORD: cos7
+
+set -e
+
+yum -y install fping mtr ndjbdns net-tools nmap rsync telnet lua
+yum -y install bc gnupg2 lsof rcs tmux vim-enhanced yum-utils git
+
diff --git a/boot/ubt/hostroot b/boot/ubt/hostroot
index f601bfe..5857c35 100644
--- a/boot/ubt/hostroot
+++ b/boot/ubt/hostroot
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-chkerr () { [ -n "$*" ] && echo "ERR  > > > $0: $* < < < " >&2 && exit 1 ;}
+chkerr () {  [ "$*" ] && { stderr    ">>> $* <<<" ; return 1  ;} || true ;} #:> err stderr args return 1, noop if null
 
 [ -e /root/root.pub ] || chkerr "It only makes sense to run this if we have a root pub key ready..."
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ sed '
     ' /etc/ssh/sshd_config >/etc/ssh/sshd_config-tmp \
 	&& mv /etc/ssh/sshd_config-tmp /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 
+systemctl enable sshd || true
 systemctl stop sshd || true
 systemctl start sshd 
-systemctl enable sshd
 # systemctl status sshd
diff --git a/skel/.bash_profile b/skel/.bash_profile
index 8d87129..68b1d49 100644
--- a/skel/.bash_profile
+++ b/skel/.bash_profile
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 # ~/.bash_profile
 
-# Unlimited use with this notice (c) George Georgalis <george@galis.org>
+# (c) 2006-2022 George Georgalis <george@galis.org> unlimited use with this notice 
 
-# Get the aliases and functions
-if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
-        . ~/.bashrc
-fi
+# source any legacy rc
+test -e ~/.bashrc && . ~/.bashrc || true
 
-# User specific environment and startup programs
-
-[ -e "$HOME/.profile" ] && . "$HOME/.profile"
+# source root env
+test -e ~/.profile  && . ~/.profile
 
+# no further env setup here.