diff --git a/src/common/remoteio.c b/src/common/remoteio.c
--- a/src/common/remoteio.c
+++ b/src/common/remoteio.c
@@ -141,10 +141,17 @@ int remoteio_config(cfg_t *cfg, struct r
       char *method;
       
       cfg_aserver = cfg_getnsec(cfg, "server", counter);
+
+      aserver.name = NULL;
+      aserver.hostname = NULL;
+      aserver.username = NULL;
+      aserver.password = NULL;
       
       aserver.name = strdup(cfg_title(cfg_aserver));
       aserver.hostname = strdup(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "hostname"));
       aserver.username = strdup(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "username"));
+      if(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "password"))
+	aserver.password = strdup(cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "password"));
 
       aserver.method = REMOTEIO_METHOD_MAX;
       method = cfg_getstr(cfg_aserver, "method");
@@ -288,6 +295,26 @@ int remoteio_open_server(struct remoteio
   return 0;
 }
 
+int remoteio_authinfo_get(struct remoteio_opts *rem_opts, const char *servername, const char **username, const char **pass)
+{
+  struct remoteio_server *server;
+
+  *username = NULL;
+  *pass = NULL;
+
+  server = remoteio_getserver(rem_opts, servername);
+  if(!server)
+    {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d: Could not find server named ``%s''\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, servername);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  *username = server->username;
+  *pass = server->password;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * Implementation of multiio_event_handler_func_t
  */