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Old 11-08-2012, 10:42 AM   #1
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server reboot


Hello Everybody,

I am new to Linux and I need to reboot one of our test servers. can anyone give me the command sequence for a 'graceful' reboot?

Much appreciated

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Old 11-08-2012, 11:13 AM   #2
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try "sudo reboot" or just "reboot"
 
Old 11-08-2012, 11:19 AM   #3
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Thank you.
I checked the man page and I can't see an option to delay the reboot for a certain amount of seconds or to notify all users logged on the server.
Any experience with that?
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Old 11-08-2012, 11:27 AM   #4
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If you would like to delay the reboot run this "shutdown --help" to get more info about the shutdown cmd.
 
Old 11-08-2012, 11:58 AM   #5
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Hi,
You can use any one of the following options.

If you are a root user just run the following from console

#shutdown -r +3 "The system will be rebooted in 3 minutes, kindly save your work!!"
or
$sudo shutdown -r +3 "The system will be rebooted in 3 minutes, kindly save your work!!"
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Thanks,
Bijo
 
Old 11-08-2012, 12:06 PM   #6
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Great! That's what I needed. Thank you Folks!
 
Old 11-08-2012, 12:38 PM   #7
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Great! That's what I needed. Thank you Folks!
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Old 11-08-2012, 12:44 PM   #8
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Thank you Sir!
I missed that.
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