diff --git a/info.textgrid.middleware.tgauth.tgaccount/README.txt b/info.textgrid.middleware.tgauth.tgaccount/README.txt
index 7cc25c3ec8d36d75b79b806eb132cb2159e0986a..37c6736e44180db6a5142650edd6a7f560721de2 100644
--- a/info.textgrid.middleware.tgauth.tgaccount/README.txt
+++ b/info.textgrid.middleware.tgauth.tgaccount/README.txt
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ Installation:
 
   Required pear (http://pear.php.net) packages:
   
-    Auth, Mail, Mail_Mime
+    Auth, Mail, Mail_Mime, Net_SMTP
 
     $ sudo apt-get install php-pear
-    $ sudo pear install Auth Mail Mail_Mime
+    $ sudo pear install Auth Mail Mail_Mime Net_SMTP
   
 2) Put source into your Webserver path (possibly /var/www)
 
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Installation:
       
       change user rights, so www-data is allowed to write the database
       $ chown www-data:www-data /var/textgrid/tgaccount/tgaccount.sqlite
+
+      note that the directory where the database is stored must also be writable by www-data
+      $ chown www-data:www-data /var/textgrid/tgaccount/
       
    
 4) LDAP TLS