> If you're in operator, you can at least shutdown or reboot your system > with /sbin/shutdown (which is setuid root and executable by those in > operator).
But (as I mentioned in the message), shutdown makes a very annoying beep. When shutting down the laptop in a hushed boardroom or lecture hall, the beep is unacceptable. And anyway, the shutdown command is overkill, I don't need to notify other users of the shutdown, since I'm the only user.