diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.c b/src/common/remoteio.c
--- a/src/common/remoteio.c
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 */
 
 #include "remoteio.h"
+#include "execio.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -26,16 +27,16 @@
 /**
    @todo there must be passage of a configuratoin struct to allow configuration of different ssh clients.
  */
-int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, const char *servername)
+int remoteio_open(struct remoteio **rem, char *servername)
 {
-  const char *sshargs[] = {"ssh", servername, "distrend", "-d", (char *)NULL};
+  char *sshargs[] = {"ssh", servername, "distrend", "-d", (char *)NULL};
   int rtn;
 
   *rem = malloc(sizeof(struct remoteio));
   rtn = execio_open( &(*rem)->execio, "ssh", sshargs);
   if(rtn)
     {
-      fprinf(stderr, "error opening remoteio channel to server ``%s''" , servername);
+      fprintf(stderr, "error opening remoteio channel to server ``%s''" , servername);
       free(*rem);
       return 1;
     }