[Bug 1040] Unable to install from source: invalid user

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     Ken McDonell
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Comment # 5 on bug 1040 from Ken McDonell

Thanks for the feedback TomÃÅ.

I've updated the INSTALL notes with these words ...

2. If you want to build the package and install it manually you will
   first need to ensure the "user" pcp is created so that key parts
   of the PCP installation can run as a user other than root.
   For Debian this means the following (equivalent commands are
   available on all distributions):

       $ su root
       # groupadd -r pcp
       # useradd -c "Performance Co-Pilot" -g pcp -d /var/lib/pcp -M -r -s
/usr/sbin/nologin pcp

   Then use the following steps ...

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