single(1M) single(1M) NAME single - switch the system to single-user mode SYNOPSIS /etc/single DESCRIPTION single switches the system to single-user mode and turns the gettys off. single is a shell script that invokes /etc/telinit. SEE ALSO getty(1M), init(1M), kill(1), killall(1M), multi(1M), inittab(4). Page 1