01/01: doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation.

[julien lepiller]

roptat pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 1f3921e1435db7c9489f22832554ad4692434efc
Author: Julien Lepiller <address@hidden>
Date:   Wed Mar 7 17:39:04 2018 +0100

    doc: Explain what we mean by root in binary installation.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Binary Installation): Add explicit instructions to become 
root.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index abec0c0..d3a7908 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -443,7 +443,8 @@ and rerun the @code{gpg --verify} command.
 @c end authentication part
 
 @item
-As @code{root}, run:
+Now, you need to become the @code{root} user.  Depending on your distribution,
+you may have to run @code{su -} or @code{sudo -i}.  As @code{root}, run:
 
 @example
 # cd /tmp