don't command from within the new user's directory

scripts/1clickservice.groovy

@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ pipeline {
                 script {
                     withCredentials([sshUserPrivateKey(credentialsId: env.SUDOERSSHID, keyFileVariable: 'PK')])
                     {
-                        sh 'scp ${servicename}-ssh.pub -i \"${PK}\" ${SUDOER_USR}@${targetHost}:~/ssh.pub'
+                        sh """#!/bin/bash
+                            scp -i \"${PK}\" ${servicename}-ssh.pub ${SUDOER_USR}@${targetHost}:~/ssh.pub
+                        """
 
                         sh """#!/bin/bash
                             ssh-keyscan -t ed25519 ${targetHost} >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts

scripts/serviceaccount.sh

@@ -5,18 +5,14 @@ SUDOER_PSW=
 function restofscript(){
     USERNAMETOADD=
     PASSWORDTOADD=
-    PUBKEYCONTENT=
     useradd -m -s /bin/bash ${USERNAMETOADD}
     echo "${USERNAMETOADD}:${PASSWORDTOADD}" | chpasswd
     loginctl enable-linger ${USERNAMETOADD}
-    cd /home/${USERNAMETOADD}
-    mkdir .ssh
-    pushd .ssh
-    touch authorized_keys
-    popd
-    cat ssh.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys
-    chmod 600 authorized_keys
-    chown -R "${USERNAMETOADD}:${USERNAMETOADD}" .ssh
+    mkdir /home/${USERNAMETOADD}/.ssh
+    touch /home/${USERNAMETOADD}/authorized_keys
+    cat ssh.pub >> /home/${USERNAMETOADD}/.ssh/authorized_keys
+    chmod 600 /home/${USERNAMETOADD}/authorized_keys
+    chown -R "${USERNAMETOADD}:${USERNAMETOADD}" /home/${USERNAMETOADD}/.ssh
 }
 
 echo "${SUDOER_PSW}" | sudo -S bash -c "$(declare -f restofscript); restofscript"