+# copy in admin and testuser home to tmp
+echo "### copying admin and testuser homes..."
+cp -a "$TESTDIR"/home/admin "$TEMPDIR"/
+cp -a "$TESTDIR"/home/testuser "$TEMPDIR"/
+
+cat <<EOF >> "$TEMPDIR"/testuser/.ssh/config
+UserKnownHostsFile $TEMPDIR/testuser/.ssh/known_hosts
+ProxyCommand $TEMPDIR/testuser/.ssh/proxy-command %h %p $SOCKET
+EOF
+
+cat <<EOF >> "$TEMPDIR"/testuser/.monkeysphere/monkeysphere.conf
+KNOWN_HOSTS=$TEMPDIR/testuser/.ssh/known_hosts
+EOF
+
+# set up a simple default monkeysphere-server.conf
+cat <<EOF >> "$TEMPDIR"/monkeysphere-server.conf
+AUTHORIZED_USER_IDS="$TEMPDIR/testuser/.monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids"
+EOF