[lxc-devel] [lxd/master] add newgrp note to readme

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From 20a2339e8edce3efe8252a9ee71e1cd47dabe810 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen at canonical.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 09:37:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add newgrp note to readme

Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen at canonical.com>
---
 README.md | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0798af3..f5d2f10 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ builds right now. They're available via:
     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-lxc/lxd-git-master && sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install lxd
 
-After you've got LXD installed, you can take your [first steps](#first-steps).
+Because group membership is only applied at login, you then either need to
+close and re-open your user session or use the "newgrp lxd" command in the
+shell you're going to interact with lxd from.
+
+    newgrp lxd
+
+After you've got LXD installed and a session with the right permissions, you
+can take your [first steps](#first-steps).
 
 ## Building from source
 


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