Thanks. That did the trick. The box is not on a network (never will) so no worries about security. --Hans At 11:59 AM 2/13/02 -0700, Jason Majors wrote: >> How can I let a normal user use the "halt" or "shutdown" command? I need >> this for the remote control of my TV box. I tried changing permissions, but >> that didn't help. --Hans >> >I just did >chmod a+s /sbin/shutdown >But you have to rerun it whenever you update that package. >