README: Mention the need for setting the path appropriately

Without at least /sbin, /bin, /usr/sbin and /usr/bin, the
setmysqlpass.sh script won't run correctly and the module will not set
the requested root password.

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diff --git a/README b/README
index a454dbd..333b4e7 100644
--- a/README
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@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ installed, specifically it must have nagios::plugin::deploy functionality.
 
 You will need to have activated storedconfigs on the puppetmaster.
 
+You need to ensure that the PATH environment variable contains the appropriate
+directories else the root password will not be set correctly to the requested
+value. Since the variable is empty by default when running puppet, you need to
+have something similar to this somewhere in your manifests:
+
+    Exec { path => '/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' }
+
 Special Notes
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