On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:39:43 -0000, "Henrik" <[email protected]> said:
> For my private home system I find it quite annoying that intrepid
> requests my password for shutting down the system while I'm at the
> physical console. Since I can easily unplug the power I don't see much
> point in demanding a password for shutdown. 

The idea here is to save accidental shutdowns. A child may not realize
(as in my case) that something bad may happen if he shutdown the
computer. A warning message will make the child think twice, and
hopefully ask an adult for help...

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User can shutdown machine even if others are logged in
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