Thanks for your report. It's desired feature that any normal users can do shutdown. I can't tell easiest way to do that. Please don't run gconf-editor as root. I hope you find solution this problem. Forums are good place to search.
** Changed in: Ubuntu
Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
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Any user can shut down
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81700
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