Chui Tey wrote:

Is there anyway grant a shutdown server role without giving away root?

Any user with a 'Manager' role can shut down Zope. This is hardwired and pretty much a feature. If you don't trust someone enough to give them the Manager role, then you probably don't want the shutting down Zope. You can allways give them permission to run the 'stop' script on the filesystem. -Michel