From c32409e3eb10f3babb7b57dd4ac06978d77b2f80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wilsonianb <bwilson@ripple.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 12:25:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add rippled user permission instructions

---
 content/rippled-setup.md | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/content/rippled-setup.md b/content/rippled-setup.md
index 4ec4405f1c..e1653b128d 100644
--- a/content/rippled-setup.md
+++ b/content/rippled-setup.md
@@ -234,6 +234,10 @@ The steps below describe how to set the domain field of a validator's Ripple acc
 
 See [the `rippled` GitHub repository](https://github.com/ripple/rippled/blob/develop/doc/rippled-example.cfg) for a description of all configuration options.
 
+Changes to the `[debug_logfile]` or `[database_path]` sections may require you to give the `rippled` user and group ownership to your new configured path:
+
+        $ chown -R rippled:rippled <configured path>
+
 You will need to restart `rippled` for any configuration changes to take effect:
 
         $ sudo service rippled restart