To be able to shutdown or reboot your system, you'll have to add a .pkla file in %%LOCALBASE%%/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d directory. Which looks like this (replace PUTYOURGROUPHERE by your group): [Restart] Identity=unix-group:PUTYOURGROUPHERE Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart ResultAny=yes ResultInactive=yes ResultActive=yes [Shutdown] Identity=unix-group:PUTYOURGROUPHERE Action=org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop ResultAny=yes ResultInactive=yes ResultActive=yes