telinit — Change SysV runlevel
telinit [OPTIONS...] {COMMAND}
telinit 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 Since the concept of SysV runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests will be transparently translated into systemd unit activation requests.
The following options are understood:
The following commands are understood:
Power-off the
machine. This is translated into an
activation request for
poweroff.target
and is equivalent to
systemctl
poweroff.
Reboot the
machine. This is translated into an
activation request for
reboot.target
and
is equivalent to systemctl
reboot.
Change the SysV
runlevel. This is translated into an
activation request for
runlevel2.target
,
runlevel3.target
,
... and is equivalent to
systemctl isolate
runlevel2.target,
systemctl isolate
runlevel3.target,
...
Change into system
rescue mode. This is translated into
an activation request for
rescue.target
and
is equivalent to systemctl
rescue.
Reload daemon configuration. This is equivalent to systemctl daemon-reload.
Serialize state, reexecute daemon and deserialize state again. This is equivalent to systemctl daemon-reexec.
This is a legacy command available for compatibility only. It should not be used anymore, as the concept of runlevels is obsolete.