diff --git a/bin/psyconf b/bin/psyconf
index 8322fd2..33f0a18 100755
--- a/bin/psyconf
+++ b/bin/psyconf
@@ -387,14 +387,23 @@ X
 		my $t = $c{_basic_path_PEM_key};
 		if ($t) {
 			$t = "$config/$t" unless $t =~ m#^/#;
+			print STDERR <<X unless -r $t;
+WARNING: Key file $t does not exist.
+X
 			$psyced .= " --tls-key $t";
 		}
 		if ($t = $c{_basic_path_PEM_certificate}) {
 			$t = "$config/$t" unless $t =~ m#^/#;
+			print STDERR <<X unless -r $t;
+WARNING: Certificate file $t does not exist.
+X
 			$psyced .= " --tls-cert $t";
 		}
 		if ($t = $c{_basic_path_trust}) {
 			$t = "$config/$t" unless $t =~ m#^/#;
+			print STDERR <<X unless -r $t;
+WARNING: Trust directory $t does not exist.
+X
 			$psyced .= " --tls-trustdirectory $t";
 		}
 # ldmud doesn't support this yet
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 25f5b9b..7eb7ba6 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ get USER "psyc"
 if test "x$USER" = "xroot"; then
 	echo ""
 	echo "You shouldn't run psyced as root, so what about a 'psyc' user?"
+	# indigo6 thinks we should run useradd here, even if some unices
+	# do not provide that command. we can >/dev/null the error though...
+	echo "If the user doesn't exist yet, please make one."
 fi
 #while true
 #do
@@ -335,6 +338,7 @@ fi
 get GROUP "psyc"
 #while true
 #do
+	echo "If such a group doesn't exist yet, please create it now."
 	ask "Which group do you want to run psyced as" GROUP
 #	if `id -Gn $USER | grep $GROUP > /dev/null`
 #	then