systemd-shutdownd.service systemd Developer Lennart Poettering lennart@poettering.net systemd-shutdownd.service 8 systemd-shutdownd.service systemd-shutdownd.socket systemd-shutdownd Scheduled shutdown service systemd-shutdownd.service systemd-shutdownd.socket /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdownd Description systemd-shutdownd.service is a system service that implements scheduled shutdowns, as exposed by shutdown8. systemd-shutdownd.service is automatically activated on request and terminates itself when it is unused. See Also systemd1, shutdown8