I run a CentOS 5 Server. 64 bit. I use it to run a Minecraft server. I'd like to set the entire server to reboot automatically at 2:30am every morning. How does one accomplish this?

*straight forward questions FTW*

Thanks!

Does it have cron installed ?

If yes, just add entry in crontab for root:

Check crontab as simplified above for your problem.

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I have crontab installed...how would I go about setting up the autoreboot at 2:30 am??

Yes, I've tried googling lol.

Annnybody?

"man crontab" is youre friend.
The solution is already given.

Sigh...I guess I'll go without. Sorry for being a newbie at this Linux stuff and trying to squeeze the most out of my server.

"man crontab" tells me absolutely nothing.

There usually several ways to do that.
Depending on the system.

I don't know CentOS, so my explanation is somwwhat general.

Cron is a facility every *nix offers in a way.
Each user can have a "crontab" file.
In this file each line defines a job to be run at a certain time one times or repeating.

30 2 * * * /sbin/reboot
The given line tells the crond (the deamon doing all these jobs defined by any user) to run the command "/sbin/reboot"
each 30 Minutes 2. hour on each day month and so on.

As root (as rebooting usually requires to be root) use "crontab -e"
This command gives you an editor to edit the crontab file of root in this case.
Just add this line to that file.
Leave other lines intact if any.

When saving and leaving the editor, you will get a mesage.
Something like " crontab: installing new crontab" if no crontab existed before....

As above, the soln was given in post #2...

There's another good page on cron here http://www.adminschoice.com/crontab-quick-reference

What is that you want to know? The command "man crontab" will tell you about how to use the crontab. Use it this way:

and enter the line given in the first reply.

Hit these keys to save and exit:

To become root do this:

enter the password and then run the crontab command shown above. If you are still looking for something amazing then you need to wait for a better reply.