date_test_ssh = TestSsh (hostname,key=remote_privatekey,username=self.name())
command = date_test_ssh.actual_command("echo hostname ; hostname; echo id; id; echo uname -a ; uname -a")
date = utils.system (command, silent=datetime.datetime.now() < graceout)
+ if getattr(options,'dry_run',None): return True
if expected: success = date==0
else: success = date!=0