How to use the gconf.gconf.ssh_command.split function in gconf

def rsync(self, files, log_err=False):
        return sup(self, files, '-e',
                   " ".join(gconf.ssh_command.split() +
                            ["-p", str(gconf.ssh_port)] +
                            gconf.ssh_ctl_args),
                   *(gconf.rsync_ssh_options.split() + [self.slaveurl]),
                   log_err=log_err)

is taken apart to two parts, this method is ivoked
        once pre-daemon, once post-daemon. Use @go_daemon
        to deiced what part to perform.

        [NB. ATM gluster product does not makes use of interactive
        authentication.]
        """
        if go_daemon == 'done':
            return self.start_fd_client(*self.fd_pair)

        syncdutils.setup_ssh_ctl(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='gsyncd-aux-ssh-'),
                                 self.remote_addr,
                                 self.inner_rsc.url)

        deferred = go_daemon == 'postconn'
        ret = sup(self, gconf.ssh_command.split() +
                  ["-p", str(gconf.ssh_port)] +
                  gconf.ssh_ctl_args + [self.remote_addr],
                  slave=self.inner_rsc.url, deferred=deferred)

        if deferred:
            # send a message to peer so that we can wait for
            # the answer from which we know connection is
            # established and we can proceed with daemonization
            # (doing that too early robs the ssh passwd prompt...)
            # However, we'd better not start the RepceClient
            # before daemonization (that's not preserved properly
            # in daemon), we just do a an ad-hoc linear put/get.
            i, o = ret
            inf = os.fdopen(i)
            repce.send(o, None, '__repce_version__')
            select((inf,), (), ())