[mythtv-users] Can I SU to root w/o typing a password?

[Dane Kantner]

> > I'm running mythfrontend on my X-Box and when the frontend exits it runs
> > "halt" to shut off the x-box.  However, halt must be run as root and my
> > x-box logs in as a different user by default.
>
> what's with that?  I can run both "halt" and "poweroff" from any user
> logged into the console.  Maybe it's just a redhat thing, though.

perhaps his user hes running the frontend from doesn't belong to the
appropriate group.... (shutdown group?)