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 A simple bulletin board for your server. Users of the system can post and read
 messages using the "bulb" command. You can also set up multiple boards.
 
+## Setup
+
+The reccomended way to use this program is to have the executable owned by the
+user `bulb`, with the setuid bit enabled. Then, create a list of boards located
+at `/var/bulb/` which are also owned by `bulb`. This will allow all users to use
+the program to post on boards without allowing them to directly edit their
+contents, thereby preventing them from mischeviously re-writing chat history.
+
 ## Usage
 
 To list available boards: