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 does not kill background processes such
as cron, update, or xnsd. These must be killed with kill or
killall. Single is a shell script that invokes
/etc/telinit.
SEE ALSO
multi(1M), init(1M), getty(1M), kill(1), killall(1M),
inittab(4).
ORIGIN
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
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