systemcontrol.md

System control

Lock screen

[dbus-send](/man/dbus-send) --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.Lock

Unlock screen

[dbus-send](/man/dbus-send) --type=method_call --dest=org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.SetActive boolean:false

Reboot the system

[reboot](/man/reboot) [shutdown](/man/shutdown) -r [systemctl](/man/systemctl) reboot

Shutdown the system

[poweroff](/man/poweroff) [shutdown](/man/shutdown) -h now [reboot](/man/reboot) -p [systemctl](/man/systemctl) poweroff [halt](/man/halt)

Shutdown the system at a specific time

[shutdown](/man/shutdown) -h 18:45 "Server is going down for maintenance"

Stop Bluetooth service

[service](/man/service) bluetooth stop [systemctl](/man/systemctl) stop bluetooth

Start Bluetooth service

[service](/man/service) bluetooth start [systemctl](/man/systemctl) start bluetooth

Stop wifi service

[nmcli](/man/nmcli) nm wifi off

Start wifi service

[nmcli](/man/nmcli) nm wifi on

Turn off monitor

[xset](/man/xset) dpms force off

Suspend the system

[systemctl](/man/systemctl) suspend [pm-suspend](/man/pm-suspend)

Hibernate the system

[systemctl](/man/systemctl) hibernate

List running services

[systemctl](/man/systemctl) list-units --type=service [service](/man/service) --status-all

Start a service

[systemctl](/man/systemctl) start [serviceName] [service](/man/service) [serviceName] start

Stop a service

[systemctl](/man/systemctl) stop [serviceName] [service](/man/service) [serviceName] stop

Enable service at boot

[systemctl](/man/systemctl) enable [serviceName]

View service logs

[journalctl](/man/journalctl) -u [serviceName]