Remind them to read the man page about needing to be root.

(This used to be commit 9ccd76e64d396c5c7f1da7346196476ca9a21eb8)

diff --git a/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt b/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
index 89951f5b786a9ddb1bef085fc92b305d25d48b13..690d2ce491b1ee783de127578868776875795c15 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/UNIX_INSTALL.txt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ At this stage you must fetch yourself a coffee or other drink you find
 stimulating. Getting the rest of the install right can sometimes be
 tricky, so you will probably need it.
 
-If you have installed samba before then you can skip this step.
+If you have installed samba before then you can skip this step. 
 
 STEP 3. Create the smb configuration file. 
 
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ You must choose to start smbd and nmbd either as daemons or from
 inetd. Don't try to do both!  Either you can put them in inetd.conf
 and have them started on demand by inetd, or you can start them as
 daemons either from the command line or in /etc/rc.local. See the man
-pages for details on the command line options.
+pages for details on the command line options. Take particular care 
+to read the bit about what user you need to be in order to start Samba.
+In many cases you must be root.
 
 The main advantage of starting smbd and nmbd as a daemon is that they
 will respond slightly more quickly to an initial connection