Allowing a Normal User to Shutdown Domain Controller/Server

# Allowing Normal User to Login into Domain Controller and Shutdown interactively

Open The Group Policy Managment Console

Choose Default Domain Controller Polcy - Domain Controllers which is under your domain-Domain -Forests

Right click on Default Domain Controller Policy and choose Edit

Under Computer Configuration - Polcies - Windows Settings - Security Settings -> Local Policies - Usr Rights Assignments - Choose the following two options and add the normal user whom you want to

1.Allow Log on Locally

2. Shutdown The System

Select these and choose Add User/Group and choose the restricted user we created

And now tts time to check whether user can login and shutdown . Pls note your server will be shutdown and services will be disrupted so be careful when you test