def _publish(self, host, cmd, *args):
        """Dispatch to salt master."""

        if self.c_dir is not None:
            opts = salt.config.minion_config(
                os.path.join(self.c_dir, 'minion')
            )
        else:
            opts = salt.config.minion_config('/etc/salt.tds/minion')

        caller = salt.client.Caller(mopts=opts)
        host_re = '%s.*' % host   # To allow FQDN matching

        # Set timeout high because... RedHat
        result = caller.sminion.functions['publish.full_data'](
            host_re, cmd, args, timeout=120
        )

        if not result:
            return (False, 'No data returned from host %s' % host)

        # We're assuming only one key is being returned currently
        host_result = result.values()[0]['ret']
        success = host_result.endswith('successful')

        return (success, host_result)