<?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"> <!-- This file is part of systemd. Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. --> <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 Since the concept of SysV runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests will be transparently translated into systemd unit activation requests.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>