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24 <refentry id="telinit">
27 <title>telinit</title>
28 <productname>systemd</productname>
32 <contrib>Developer</contrib>
33 <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
34 <surname>Poettering</surname>
35 <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
41 <refentrytitle>telinit</refentrytitle>
42 <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
46 <refname>telinit</refname>
47 <refpurpose>Change SysV runlevel</refpurpose>
52 <command>telinit <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg></command>
57 <title>Description</title>
59 <para><command>telinit</command> may be used to change
60 the SysV system runlevel. Since the concept of SysV
61 runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests
62 will be transparently translated into systemd unit
63 activation requests.</para>
68 <title>Options</title>
70 <para>The following options are understood:</para>
74 <term><option>--help</option></term>
76 <listitem><para>Prints a short help
77 text and exits.</para></listitem>
81 <term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
83 <listitem><para>Don't send wall
85 reboot/halt/power-off.</para></listitem>
89 <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
93 <term><command>0</command></term>
95 <listitem><para>Power-off the
96 machine. This is translated into an
97 activation request for
98 <filename>poweroff.target</filename>
101 poweroff</command>.</para></listitem>
105 <term><command>6</command></term>
107 <listitem><para>Reboot the
108 machine. This is translated into an
109 activation request for
110 <filename>reboot.target</filename> and
111 is equivalent to <command>systemctl
112 reboot</command>.</para></listitem>
116 <term><command>2</command></term>
117 <term><command>3</command></term>
118 <term><command>4</command></term>
119 <term><command>5</command></term>
121 <listitem><para>Change the SysV
122 runlevel. This is translated into an
123 activation request for
124 <filename>runlevel2.target</filename>,
125 <filename>runlevel3.target</filename>,
126 ... and is equivalent to
127 <command>systemctl isolate
128 runlevel2.target</command>,
129 <command>systemctl isolate
130 runlevel3.target</command>,
131 ...</para></listitem>
135 <term><command>1</command></term>
136 <term><command>s</command></term>
137 <term><command>S</command></term>
139 <listitem><para>Change into system
140 rescue mode. This is translated into
141 an activation request for
142 <filename>rescue.target</filename> and
143 is equivalent to <command>systemctl
144 rescue</command>.</para></listitem>
148 <term><command>q</command></term>
149 <term><command>Q</command></term>
151 <listitem><para>Reload daemon
152 configuration. This is equivalent to
154 daemon-reload</command>.</para></listitem>
158 <term><command>u</command></term>
159 <term><command>U</command></term>
161 <listitem><para>Serialize state,
162 reexecute daemon and deserialize state
163 again. This is equivalent to
165 daemon-reexec</command>.</para></listitem>
172 <title>Exit status</title>
174 <para>On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
175 code otherwise.</para>
181 <para>This is a legacy command available for compatibility
182 only. It should not be used anymore, as the concept of
183 runlevels is obsolete.</para>
187 <title>See Also</title>
189 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
190 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
191 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>wall</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>