X-Git-Url: http://xvm.mit.edu/gitweb/invirt/packages/invirt-web.git/blobdiff_plain/29d4c7b59532a39298e21f0abbc774dcff546b73..4016733ded1999911d7e5f4df21ec66624d39c5c:/code/main.py

diff --git a/code/main.py b/code/main.py
index 15647b9..a324306 100755
--- a/code/main.py
+++ b/code/main.py
@@ -426,7 +426,20 @@ def helpHandler(username, state, path, fields):
     simple = fields.getfirst('simple')
     subjects = fields.getlist('subject')
 
-    help_mapping = {'ParaVM Console': """
+    help_mapping = {
+                    'Autoinstalls': """
+The autoinstaller builds a minimal Debian or Ubuntu system to run as a
+ParaVM.  You can access the resulting system by logging into the <a
+href="help?simple=true&subject=ParaVM+Console">serial console server</a>
+with your Kerberos tickets; there is no root password so sshd will
+refuse login.</p>
+
+<p>Under the covers, the autoinstaller uses our own patched version of
+xen-create-image, which is a tool based on debootstrap.  If you log
+into the serial console while the install is running, you can watch
+it.
+""",
+                    'ParaVM Console': """
 ParaVM machines do not support local console access over VNC.  To
 access the serial console of these machines, you can SSH with Kerberos
 to %s, using the name of the machine as your
@@ -632,7 +645,8 @@ Subject: %s
 
 %s
 """ % (to, config.web.hostname, subject, body)
-    p = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/sbin/sendmail', to], stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(['/usr/sbin/sendmail', '-f', to, to],
+                         stdin=subprocess.PIPE)
     p.stdin.write(mail)
     p.stdin.close()
     p.wait()