On Thu, 24 May 2007 07:25:45 +0200, Peter Lesterhuis wrote: > Perhaps the command "poweroff" as a regular user is more convenient. It > doesn't solve your problem though. Peter Well that certainly beats doing "su - " followed by "shutdown -h now" (or "shutdown -r now") -- especially since it's my wife's machine, and she doesn't have nor want root's password ... Is there a similar command for rebooting? -- Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert What do they know of country, who only country know?