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diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go b/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go
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+++ b/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go
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+package connection
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+)
+
+// ExecRemoteCommand takes a ssh client connection and a command to run and executes the
+// command on the specified client. The function returns the Stdout from the client or the Stderr
+func ExecRemoteCommand(dial *ssh.Client, run string) (string, error) {
+	sess, err := dial.NewSession() // new ssh client session
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer sess.Close()
+
+	var buffer bytes.Buffer
+	var bufferErr bytes.Buffer
+	sess.Stdout = &buffer                 // output from client funneled into buffer
+	sess.Stderr = &bufferErr              // err form client funneled into buffer
+	if err := sess.Run(run); err != nil { // run the command on the ssh client
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, bufferErr.String())
+	}
+	out := buffer.String() // output from command
+	return out, nil
+}