I did file similar bug which was said to be duplicate of this one:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/206683

>From my point of view it would be acceptable, if a non privileged user
has logged in as the only one user, that he/she is able to
shutdown/reboot as a contribution to convenience.

But is is absolutely NOT acceptable that if more than one user is logged in, a 
non-privileged user is allowd to shutdown/reboot the system. This way an 
inherent feature of Linux - a secure multi-user-system - is degraded to stone 
age times without any user-permissions. Ever heard opf the shell command 
'users' to see who is logged in?
In fact such beheaviour could also be used by malicious software and represents 
a SEVERE security issue

** This bug has been flagged as a security issue

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Power management policy not enfored in Hardy Beta 1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205226
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