Permitindo que o computador seja desligado/reiniciado com outros usuário logados

Deve-se editar o arquivo /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.consolekit.policy e adicionar as seguintes linhas

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE policyconfig PUBLIC
 "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Policy Configuration 1.0//EN"
 "http://www.freedesktop.org/standards/PolicyKit/1.0/policyconfig.dtd">

<!--
Policy definitions for ConsoleKit
-->

<policyconfig>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop">
    <description>Stop the system</description>
    <message>System policy prevents stopping the system</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.stop-multiple-users">
    <description>Stop the system when multiple users are logged in</description>
    <message>System policy prevents stopping the system when other users are logged in</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <!--<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>-->
      '''<allow_active>yes</allow_active>'''
   </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart">
    <description>Restart the system</description>
    <message>System policy prevents restarting the system</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <allow_active>yes</allow_active>
    </defaults>
  </action>

  <action id="org.freedesktop.consolekit.system.restart-multiple-users">
    <description>Restart the system when multiple users are logged in</description>
    <message>System policy prevents restarting the system when other users are logged in</message>
    <defaults>
      <allow_inactive>no</allow_inactive>
      <!--<allow_active>auth_admin_keep</allow_active>-->
      '''<allow_active>yes</allow_active>'''
    </defaults>
  </action>

</policyconfig>

Fonte: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/cannot-restart-shutdown-if-logged-in-another-virtual-terminal-887407/