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Hey folks, which command do i need to use to reboot my machine? It's a debian server. Michael

asked 20 May '11, 08:43

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Try

sudo reboot

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answered 24 May '11, 09:39

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“sudo root now ” to reboot “sudo shutdown -h now” to shut down

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answered 04 May '12, 13:02

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Have you tried: "shutdown -r now" ?

-r is the option for the reboot now is to say we want to do it now

If you want to reboot your server at a specific our, this should work:

shutdown -r 18:00

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answered 20 May '11, 12:32

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sudo init 6

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answered 08 Jun '11, 09:15

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sudo reboot

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answered 08 Aug '11, 05:32

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sudo reboot

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Reset button on your PC or power button x2.

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answered 24 Aug '11, 11:42

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sync; sudo reboot

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shutdown -r now

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answered 27 Mar '12, 21:57

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we can use "reboot" "init 6" Alt+Ctrl+Del to reboot the system.

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