Passwords and turning off

so my friends keep turning off my computer by hitting the power button and enter. is there a way i can set a password for this

If they locked out changes to accounts in the Restrictions so that you can't get in to turn off Find My iPhone, you'll need to erase the devices via iCloud per these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
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