In the tools/Makefile.am we have: if HAVE_UMOUNT_HAL slashsbindir = /sbin slashsbin_PROGRAMS = umount.hal umount_hal_SOURCES = umount-hal.c umount_hal_LDADD = @DBUS_LIBS@ $(top_builddir)/libhal/libhal.la $(top_builddir)/libhal-storage/libhal-storage.la endif Which breaks completely if we are building to a prefix. Is there an equivalent to sbin_PROGRAMS for /sbin? Richard.