Index: /server/doc/install-howto
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--- /server/doc/install-howto	(revision 802)
+++ /server/doc/install-howto	(revision 803)
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@
   - svn co https://scripts.mit.edu:1111/server/fedora/config/etc
   - \cp -a etc /
+
+* Copy over root's dotfiles. Note that this sets the umask to 077, so you
+  should do 'umask 022' when installing things that aren't secret keys.
 
 * Install various dependencies of the scripts system, including syslog-ng,
@@ -74,4 +77,6 @@
 * Install fedora-ds-base and set up replication (see /mit/scripts/doc).
 
+* Run fmtutil-sys --all, which does something that makes TeX work.
+
 * (Optional) Beat your head against a wall.