I've found a workaround of sorts, I've added Fast User Switch Applet 2.22.0+svn20080815 that now provides a Shutdown option that works on Intrepid.
@James, maybe you might want to take a look into their code, or maybe they're not doing "what we want". BTW "what we want" is that not every user is allowed to shutdown the host or what? -- shutdown and restart buttons do nothing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/250506 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs