systemd still maintains the general idea of runlevels with its "Targets", but how do I change the system runlevel through systemd?
I want to do something equivalent to the old init-script method of:
init 3 # Multi-user init 5 # Graphical 
- That's because you are looking for something that in the systemd world is obsolete. Forget about runlevels, as I said in an answer to that very question.JdeBP– JdeBP2019-02-02 00:50:24 +00:00Commented Feb 2, 2019 at 0:50
- Questions in other Answers are exactly what "Duplicates" are for.Jeff Schaller– Jeff Schaller ♦2019-02-05 16:10:42 +00:00Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 16:10
- Yes, the answer for that Question would have answered this Question, but the Question itself was different.palswim– palswim2019-02-05 18:13:49 +00:00Commented Feb 5, 2019 at 18:13
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From freedesktop.org's own systemd FAQ, to change the (running) Target (system runlevel), use systemctl isolate TARGET.target:
systemctl isolate multi-user.target # or runlevel3.target systemctl isolate graphical.target # or runlevel5.target To change the default Target (default system runlevel, for the next reboot), use systemctl set-default TARGET:
systemctl set-default multi-user.target systemctl set-default graphical.target