I tested it on both my desktop and the server I administer. Both run Dapper. The change had the desired effect on my desktop but not on my server. I don't know what difference there would be between the two.
Also, even if there is a way to keep XFCE from giving those options, my understanding of the mechanism XFCE was using is that any user could issue a HAL Shutdown command through D-Bus and have it work. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about D-Bus to know if this is true... -- Shutdown permissions https://launchpad.net/bugs/59397 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs