Robert P. J. Day wrote:
i didn't find this in bugzilla but i can't believe someone wouldn't have noticed this already -- at the graphical login prompt, neither the "Restart" nor "Shut Down" buttons actually do those things.
See https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-February/msg00483.html This has to do with authorization for that action, but no its definitely not very transparent why a normal user cannot shutdown the machine directly from the menu right after a new install..