System shutdown from GDM

On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 10:31:15AM -0700, Liberty Young wrote:
/_I'm using GDM (debian stable, gnome2.2 woody-backports), and for while,
/_i was able to shutdown the system from the login screen just by clicking
/_on *shutdown
/_
/_After a recent set of updates, i now have to type in the root password.
/_I see the wisdom in making the default behaviour like this; however,
/_from my laptop, it isn't cool. I sometimes let my girlfriend or friends
/_borrow my laptop, and I am no longer able to ask them to shutdown the
/_computer for me without giving them my root password!
/_
/_Any ideas? I'm checking google and my config files, but I can't seem to
/_figure out which file to edit, and which option to set.
/_

sudo?