TELINIT(8)

NAME
telinit - send commands to the init process.

SYNOPSIS
telinit q
telinit [rhsm0123456]

DESCRIPTION
telinit sends commands to the init process, telling it to either change the current runlevel or reread the inittab(5) file.

OPTIONS

OPTION
    What init should do

q   reread the inittab(5) table.

h   Halt the system.

r   Reboot the system.

m   Go into multiuser mode, if not already there.

s   Go into singleuser mode, if not already there.

0123456
    Go into some runlevel; 0 halts the system, 1 is singleuser, 2-5 are multiuser, and 6 reboots the system.

SEE ALSO
halt(8), reboot(8), shutdown(8), init(8) inittab(5)

AUTHOR
David Parsons (orc@pell.chi.il.us)