Re: Using telinit {1,3,5} with systemd

On 24 May 2024 18:33:22 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
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On Fri, 24 May 2024 17:15:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:
 

Wow, I never knew about telinit! That will definitely be handy to
remember.

 
I knew about it decades ago and had forgotten about it. On Ubuntu the
man pages says
 
"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concept of SysV runlevels is obsolete the runlevel requests will be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.
 
1, s, S Change into system rescue mode. This is translated into an
activation request for rescue.target and is equivalent to systemctl
rescue."
 
Despite the haters systemctl is here to stay. Might as well learn how to
use it.

I'm not a hater, I just find remembering "telinit 1" easier than trying to
remember whatever systemctl incantation is needed.  (But I'm old school,
so I didn't have to learn it, just know about it.)

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