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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
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+ Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="telinit">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>telinit</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>telinit</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>telinit</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Change SysV runlevel</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>telinit <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>telinit</command> 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+ runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests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.</para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--help</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Prints a short help
+ text and exits.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Don't send wall
+ message before
+ reboot/halt/power-off.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>0</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Power-off the
+ machine. This is translated into an
+ activation request for
+ <filename>poweroff.target</filename>
+ and is equivalent to
+ <command>systemctl
+ poweroff</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>6</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reboot the
+ machine. This is translated into an
+ activation request for
+ <filename>reboot.target</filename> and
+ is equivalent to <command>systemctl
+ reboot</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>2</command></term>
+ <term><command>3</command></term>
+ <term><command>4</command></term>
+ <term><command>5</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Change the SysV
+ runlevel. This is translated into an
+ activation request for
+ <filename>runlevel2.target</filename>,
+ <filename>runlevel3.target</filename>,
+ ... and is equivalent to
+ <command>systemctl isolate
+ runlevel2.target</command>,
+ <command>systemctl isolate
+ runlevel3.target</command>,
+ ...</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>1</command></term>
+ <term><command>s</command></term>
+ <term><command>S</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Change into system
+ rescue mode. This is translated into
+ an activation request for
+ <filename>rescue.target</filename> and
+ is equivalent to <command>systemctl
+ rescue</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>q</command></term>
+ <term><command>Q</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reload daemon
+ configuration. This is equivalent to
+ <command>systemctl
+ daemon-reload</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>u</command></term>
+ <term><command>U</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Serialize state,
+ reexecute daemon and deserialize state
+ again. This is equivalent to
+ <command>systemctl
+ daemon-reexec</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
+ code otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>This is a legacy command available for compatibility
+ only. It should not be used anymore, as the concept of
+ runlevels is obsolete.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>