If I am copying to multiple machines, it would be a pain to enter the passwords that many times. Also, ssh-copy-id is specific to .ssh. If I have a passphrase set up on my keys, copying my other config files would ask for passphrase if I don't have my ssh-agent running and keys added.
This copy utility is meant to be a generic setup utility which I use the first time I have to configure a remote node. You only have to enter your passphrase/password once and assuming you have the same setup on every node, it would run fully automated from their.
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