Why do you think this should be the default behavior. If another user is logged in, the system should of course prevent a reboot or shutdown.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to policykit-desktop-privileges in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1036737 Title: PolicyKit does not allow you to reboot when others are logged in Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “policykit-desktop-privileges” source package in Quantal: Confirmed Bug description: Hi, The default behavior for someone trying to reboot or even shutdown a system when someone else is logged in is to just to log them out kick them back to the login screen, without even explaining. For instance, I set up two separate accounts on my then girlfriend's machine. She was an admin, I was not. Whenever I would use the machine, I would log in, sometimes I forgot to log out. Then, as a novice user, she would not be able to shutdown the machine. I wound up having to teach her how to open a terminal and issue 'sudo poweroff' in order for her to override it. We've received a request to change this for an OEM, and on their pre- install images we have a policy that allows you to power off even if someone else is logged in. We used the instructions here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11901595&postcount=7 I'd like to get this into Ubuntu proper, seems like policykit-desktop- privileges is the perfect place for it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-desktop-privileges/+bug/1036737/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
