3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go
index c17b840d3..248a2f0ad 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/config.go
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ func (ms *machineSession) outputToString() string {
 	return strings.Join(fields, " ")
 }
 
+// errorToString returns the error output from a session in string form
+func (ms *machineSession) errorToString() string {
+	if ms == nil || ms.Err == nil || ms.Err.Contents() == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return string(ms.Err.Contents())
+}
+
 // newMB constructor for machine test builders
 func newMB() (*machineTestBuilder, error) {
 	mb := machineTestBuilder{
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/inspect_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/inspect_test.go
index 2c9de5664..cdf13bb1a 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/inspect_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/inspect_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package e2e
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/machine"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/machine/qemu"
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine stop", func() {
 		var inspectInfo []machine.InspectInfo
 		err = jsoniter.Unmarshal(inspectSession.Bytes(), &inspectInfo)
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(strings.HasSuffix(inspectInfo[0].ConnectionInfo.PodmanSocket.GetPath(), "podman.sock"))
 
 		inspect := new(inspectMachine)
 		inspect = inspect.withFormat("{{.Name}}")
diff --git a/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go b/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go
index 155d39a64..9ee31ac26 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/e2e/ssh_test.go
@@ -56,5 +56,12 @@ var _ = Describe("podman machine ssh", func() {
 		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 		Expect(sshSession).To(Exit(0))
 		Expect(sshSession.outputToString()).To(ContainSubstring("Fedora CoreOS"))
+
+		// keep exit code
+		sshSession, err = mb.setName(name).setCmd(ssh.withSSHComand([]string{"false"})).run()
+		Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		Expect(sshSession).To(Exit(1))
+		Expect(sshSession.outputToString()).To(Equal(""))
+		Expect(sshSession.errorToString()).To(Equal(""))
 	})
 })