telinit Command Examples

Change SysV runlevel. Since the concept SysV runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests will be transparently translated into systemd unit activation requests. More information: https://manned.org/telinit.

• Power off the machine:

telinit 0

• Reboot the machine:

telinit 6

• Change SysV run level:

telinit {{2|3|4|5}}

• Change to rescue mode:

telinit 1

• Reload daemon configuration:

telinit q

• Do not send a wall message before reboot/power-off (6/0):

telinit --no-wall {{value}}