Wow. I installed 'pessulus' via yum. When run as root, it allows one to remove the "log out" from the "System" menu. BUT, that also removes the "Shut Down" item - apparently, the two are bound somehow. Even though the "Log Out" function departs the menu, you can still do: gnome-session-save --kill --gui from the command line and it (seemingly) logs out the user cleanly. You could add a new item to the menu or panel with that command. Not pretty, but maybe it would work. Seems odd that you can't remove the shutdown item without disabling logout. Chris
