diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.c b/src/common/remoteio.c
--- a/src/common/remoteio.c
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.c
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-/**
-   @todo there must be passage of a configuratoin struct to allow configuration of different ssh clients.
- */
-int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, char *servername)
+int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, struct remoteio_opts *opts, char *servername)
 {
   char *sshargs[] = {"ssh", servername, "distrend", "-d", (char *)NULL};
   int rtn;