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<refentry id="telinit"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<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runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests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>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help-text" />
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--no-wall</option></term>
<listitem><para>Do not 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>