In System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login Options, we have the option
Show the Restart, Sleep, and Shut Down buttons.
I was wondering how else will we be able to restart, sleep or shut down the computer if these buttons are disabled?
Simple answer: You can't (sleep, restart, turn off)
The option is there to set the Mac up so other people can't just power it down or restart it. That's why you need administrative privileges to actually change the settings. Btw: The keyboard shortcuts don't work either if the buttons are hidden.
I don't know any way to do that either. It used to be possible if you entered >restart
, >sleep
, or >shutdown
as the username. See http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20050603213256255. Now that only works when the "Show the Restart, Sleep, and Shut Down buttons" option is not disabled.