Djelibeybi

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Anyone successfully managed to get a WHM-managed server to auto-reboot via Crontab? Any suggestions welcome.
 

BJMG

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I used to run a server which I needed to reboot every 6 hours. I ran the following via cron:

1. pico/vi /etc/crontab
2. * 03 * * * root reboot

This would reboot your server everyday at 3 AM
 

Djelibeybi

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Ok, I tried that crontab entry and it seemed to reboot my server over and over again from 3am to 4am. :) Not quite what I had in mind. Am I doing something wrong?
 

ptez

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How about put it under /etc/cron.daily ?

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compunet2

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Just curious.... is there some reason you want your server to auto-reboot?

Originally posted by Djelibeybi
Anyone successfully managed to get a WHM-managed server to auto-reboot via Crontab? Any suggestions welcome.
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