TELINIT
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NAME
telinit - Change SysV runlevel
SYNOPSIS
-
telinit [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}
DESCRIPTION
telinit
may be used to change the SysV system runlevel. Since the concept of SysV runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests will be transparently translated into systemd unit activation requests.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
--help
-
Print a short help text and exit.
--no-wall
-
Do not send wall message before reboot/halt/power-off.
The following commands are understood:
0
-
Power-off the machine. This is translated into an activation request for
poweroff.target
and is equivalent to
systemctl poweroff.
6
-
Reboot the machine. This is translated into an activation request for
reboot.target
and is equivalent to
systemctl reboot.
2, 3, 4, 5
-
Change the SysV runlevel. This is translated into an activation request for
runlevel2.target,
runlevel3.target, ... and is equivalent to
systemctl isolate runlevel2.target,
systemctl isolate runlevel3.target, ...
1, s, S
-
Change into system rescue mode. This is translated into an activation request for
rescue.target
and is equivalent to
systemctl rescue.
q, Q
-
Reload daemon configuration. This is equivalent to
systemctl daemon-reload.
u, U
-
Serialize state, reexecute daemon and deserialize state again. This is equivalent to
systemctl daemon-reexec.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
NOTES
This is a legacy command available for compatibility only. It should not be used anymore, as the concept of runlevels is obsolete.
SEE ALSO
systemd(1),
systemctl(1),
wall(1)