diff --git a/networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml b/networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml
index 557610f923..7571f11d42 100644
--- a/networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml
+++ b/networking/netutils/networkmanager.xml
@@ -286,7 +286,8 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
         <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
       </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>/sbin/usermod -a -G netdev <replaceable>&lt;username&gt;</replaceable>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 86 netdev &amp;&amp;
+/sbin/usermod -a -G netdev <replaceable>&lt;username&gt;</replaceable>
 
 cat &gt; /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 <literal>polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
diff --git a/x/wm/fluxbox.xml b/x/wm/fluxbox.xml
index b0110a50b2..4abdb35c27 100644
--- a/x/wm/fluxbox.xml
+++ b/x/wm/fluxbox.xml
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
       <para>As <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>cat &gt; /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -pv /usr/share/xsessions &amp;&amp;
+cat &gt; /usr/share/xsessions/fluxbox.desktop &lt;&lt; "EOF"
 <literal>[Desktop Entry]
 Encoding=UTF-8
 Name=Fluxbox