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diff --git a/docs/automation/cloud-init.rst b/docs/automation/cloud-init.rst
index bbc8967c..354abd05 100644
--- a/docs/automation/cloud-init.rst
+++ b/docs/automation/cloud-init.rst
@@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ can execute commands and then configure VyOS in the same script.
The following example sets the hostname based on the instance identifier
obtained from the EC2 metadata service.
+Please observe that the same configuration pitfall described in :ref:`command-scripting`
+exists here when running ``configure`` in any context as without user group
+'vyattacfg' will cause the error message ``Set failed`` to appear.
+We therefor need to wrap it and have the script re-execute itself with the correct
+group permissions.
+
.. code-block:: yaml
@@ -166,6 +172,9 @@ obtained from the EC2 metadata service.
permissions: '0775'
content: |
#!/bin/vbash
+ if [ "$(id -g -n)" != 'vyattacfg' ] ; then
+ exec sg vyattacfg -c "/bin/vbash $(readlink -f $0) $@"
+ fi
source /opt/vyatta/etc/functions/script-template
hostname=`curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id`
configure