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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runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests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>