improve test docs

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/init_test.sh b/init_test.sh
index ab4e717..c53d76b 100755
--- a/init_test.sh
+++ b/init_test.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 export key=`./exmachina.py --random-key`
 
-echo $key | ./exmachina.py -vk --pid-file /tmp/exmachina_test.pid
+echo $key | ./exmachina.py -vk --pidfile /tmp/exmachina_test.pid
 sleep 1
 echo $key | sudo -u www-data -g www-data ./test_exmachina.py -k
 
diff --git a/test_exmachina.py b/test_exmachina.py
index 6c2a97d..86c71bf 100755
--- a/test_exmachina.py
+++ b/test_exmachina.py
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 """
-To use with secret keys, do:
+This file tests the "client side" of the exmachina layer.
 
+To use with secret keys, do the following in seperate terminals:
+
+    $ echo "<key>" | ./exmachina.py -vk
     $ echo "<key>" | ./test.py -k
 
+To use without, do the following in seperate terminals:
+
+    $ echo "<key>" | ./exmachina.py -vk
+    $ echo "<key>" | ./test.py -k
+
+Use the init_test.sh script to test shared key passing and privilage seperation
+at the same time:
+
+    $ sudo ./init_test.sh
 """
 
 import sys