diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 47ddde068d504c0e1671dd5b89153f01921d4ee0..3926fc794ce9a8886a7e2d182b7cd5909ad5930e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ DIST_SUBDIRS = src doc
 
 EXTRA_DIST = LICENSE
 
-install-data-local:
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/lib/tor
+#install-data-local:
+#	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -d $(LOCALSTATEDIR)/lib/tor
diff --git a/README b/README
index fbe27b611d76aaf6f58f997fbec536e9bd692a97..1f1e13eaaa7b152228f7a84e9a3c5f38a95bcfda 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ doesn't work for you.
 
 Do you want to run a tor server?
 
-  First, move sample-server-torrc onto torrc, and edit it. Then run tor
-  to generate keys. One of the generated files is your 'fingerprint' file.
-  Mail it to arma@mit.edu. Remember that you won't be able to authenticate
-  to the other tor nodes until I've added you to the directory.
+  First, move sample-server-torrc onto torrc, and edit it. Create the
+  DataDirectory, and make sure it's owned by whoever will be running
+  tor. Fix your system clock so it's not too far off. Then run tor
+  to generate keys. One of the generated files is your 'fingerprint'
+  file. Mail it to arma@mit.edu. Remember that you won't be able to
+  authenticate to the other tor nodes until I've added you to the
+  directory.
 
 Configuring tsocks: