Thanks for the report. I appreciate the gravity of your situation and that you find this inconvienent. However, it is not a bug but a feature request and as such you should treat it as one. If you strongly desire to have such a feature implemented submit a specification for it.
First check whether the idea is already registered <https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+specs>, and if so, contact the specification's drafter about your ideas. Otherwise, you can start writing a spec yourself. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureSpecifications> I agree with you completely that this would be a very handy tool, however this is just the wrong means of getting it acknowledged or implemented. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- No warning dialog when shutting down PC and another user logged in https://launchpad.net/bugs/82530 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs