Thank you for your bug. That's an upstream wishlist. You can probably modify the gdm RebootCommand and HaltCommand config as a workaround
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- users shutting down and /apps/panel/global/disable_log_out https://launchpad.net/bugs/88942 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs