---
name: "xfce4-shutdown"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xfce4-session"
version: "0.1.3+20031213-5"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xfce4-shutdown"
---

# xfce4-shutdown(1)

System shutdown command used by xfce4-session(1)

## NAME

xfce4-shutdown - System shutdown command used by [xfce4-session(1)](/xfce4-session/1.md)

## SYNOPSIS

**xfce4-shutdown** \<action\>\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **xfce4-shutdown** command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

The **xfce4-shutdown** is used by **xfce4-session** to either halt, poweroff or reboot the system upon logout. For this to work, the users that are allowed to stop the system need to be allowed to do so via the **sudo** program or **xfce4-shutdown** needs to be setuid root and the users listed in the file /etc/xfce4/shutdown.allow.

## OPTIONS

**xfce4-shutdown** takes the action to execute as it's sole argument. The value is one of "halt", "poweroff" or "reboot".

## AUTHOR

**xfce4-shutdown** is written by Benedikt Meurer \<benedikt.meurer@unix-ag.uni-siegen.de\> as part of the XFce project. This manual page was written by Oliver M. Bolzer \<oliver@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

**[xfce4-session(1)](/xfce4-session/1.md)**