remove a common headache by telling people how to create the root sql user and...

remove a common headache by telling people how to create the root sql user and the sudo entry in install.txt

INSTALL.txt

@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ Shell commands as root::
  a2enmod rewrite
  ln -s /var/aegir/config/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/aegir.conf
 
+That user needs to have sudo access. The wizard will explain you how to
+do this, but you can already just add the relevant line to your sudoers
+file.
+
+/etc/sudoers configuration::
+  aegir ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/apache2ctl
 
 Database configuration
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@@ -179,6 +185,17 @@ SQL commands::
   CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, LOCK TABLES ON aegir.* TO \
   'aegir'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'XXXXXXXX';
 
+The wizard will prompt you for another MySQL user. This is because Aegir
+actually requires two database users: the above to drive the Drupal
+frontend, and another, more privileged, to create databases and users
+for new sites. You can already create that user before launching the
+wizard using the following command.
+
+SQL commands::
+
+  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'aegir_root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'XXXXXXXX';
+
+Again, change 'XXXXXXXX' with a real password.
 
 DNS Configuration
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