101.3 Change Runlevels/Boot Targets and Shutdown or Reboot the System (systemd, sysvinit and upstart) Flashcards
sysvinit
displays the current runlevel and previous if available
runlevel
sysvinit
can be run to change the system runlevel
init
sysvinit
same as init command though is legacy and not typically used any longer
telinit
sysvinit
the default target is changed in the
/etc/inittab file
sysvinit
reboot the system
reboot
sysvinit
will reboot or halt the system
shutdown
systemd
halt, do not power off
systemctl halt
systemd
halt and powr off if ACPI available
systemctl poweroff
systemd
halt and reboot
systemctl reboot
upstart
supports
sysvinit methods
upstart
does not support
systemd methods
wall
broadcast message to all logged in users and limited 20 lines of text
wall
wall
message will display on every terminal often
overwriting or interrupting termial text