3 files changed, 9 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/images/scp.go b/cmd/podman/images/scp.go
index 8402d9a10..67a531e6b 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/images/scp.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/images/scp.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func loadToRemote(localFile string, tag string, url *urlP.URL, iden string) (str
 
 	n, err := scpD.CopyTo(dial, localFile, remoteFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		errOut := (strconv.Itoa(int(n)) + " Bytes copied before error")
+		errOut := strconv.Itoa(int(n)) + " Bytes copied before error"
 		return " ", errors.Wrapf(err, errOut)
 	}
 	run := ""
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func loadToRemote(localFile string, tag string, url *urlP.URL, iden string) (str
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	return strings.TrimSuffix(out, "\n"), nil
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(string(out), "\n"), nil
 }
 
 // saveToRemote takes image information and remote connection information. it connects to the specified client
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func saveToRemote(image, localFile string, tag string, uri *urlP.URL, iden strin
 	n, err := scpD.CopyFrom(dial, remoteFile, localFile)
 	connection.ExecRemoteCommand(dial, "rm "+remoteFile)
 	if err != nil {
-		errOut := (strconv.Itoa(int(n)) + " Bytes copied before error")
+		errOut := strconv.Itoa(int(n)) + " Bytes copied before error"
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, errOut)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -221,11 +221,7 @@ func makeRemoteFile(dial *ssh.Client) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	remoteFile = strings.TrimSuffix(remoteFile, "\n")
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	return remoteFile, nil
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(string(remoteFile), "\n"), nil
 }
 
 // createConnections takes a boolean determining which ssh client to dial
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go b/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
index 290b3c245..ee237d7d0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
@@ -226,12 +226,7 @@ func getUDS(cmd *cobra.Command, uri *url.URL, iden string) (string, error) {
 	if v, found := os.LookupEnv("PODMAN_BINARY"); found {
 		podman = v
 	}
-	run := podman + " info --format=json"
-	out, err := ExecRemoteCommand(dial, run)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	infoJSON, err := json.Marshal(out)
+	infoJSON, err := ExecRemoteCommand(dial, podman+" info --format=json")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go b/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go
index 3fd7c59fb..714ae827d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/connection/shared.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 
 // 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) {
+func ExecRemoteCommand(dial *ssh.Client, run string) ([]byte, error) {
 	sess, err := dial.NewSession() // new ssh client session
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	defer sess.Close()
 
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ func ExecRemoteCommand(dial *ssh.Client, run string) (string, error) {
 	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())
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, bufferErr.String())
 	}
-	out := buffer.String() // output from command
-	return out, nil
+	return buffer.Bytes(), nil
 }