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Andrew Langdon-Davies wrote:
>
> If I have logged in as root, <alt><ctrl><del> brings up 
> the little menu  allowing me to shutdown ok; 
>
> I would like a normal user to be able to shut down using 
> su and then halt or shutdown.  Is this possible?

Normal users are not allowed to shutdown the system
(that is too much power to give to an ordinary user).
The root user has that power.  As does CTRL-ALT-DEL 
from the console (if specified in /etc/inittab).

I suggest your normal user press CTRL-ALT-F4 (to return 
to the console) and then press CTRL-ALT-DEL.  Alternatively
(and this is probably cleaner) logout from icewm first and 
then press CTRL-ALT-DEL.  

Cheers,
Steven