restart server from SSH

Thats easy "reboot" from SSH should do it.

 

don't sync; sync; halt;

 

shutdown -r now

Time for someone to look for a Linux 101 class or find a few introduction to Linux books and/or websites

 

hey, you could always pull the plug or take a good guess :D

 

No that would not be good if your goal was to reboot

init 6 (reboot) instead of init 0 (halt) should work though.

Run

man shutdown

and you will see that it simply calls reboot or halt, but it includes a few extra features that make it my choice over a simple

init 6

:D

 

Personally, I use reboot, 'cos it takes away the possibility of forgetting the -R with shutdown or using the wrong init function and having to contact the NOC

 

in my mind using reboot is bad.... its a shock to the system.

not to mention if any user is editing files, uploading a file etc.

using the proper format allows the server to shutdown / reboot on its time

not yours.

there are times when reboot or shutdown -r now is required, but most
of the time you want the services/programs/users to be able to save
their work and stop what they are doing.

you wouldnt want an update process for example to be killed in the middle
of it would you? or for example a user creating or running a db query.

that would / could corrupt a db.

Sheldon

 

reboot = equivalent of Forceful System Reboot in whm
shutdown -r = equiv of graceful.

 

Nope. From the man page:

Reboot shuts down your processes first, dismounts partitions where it can and then reboots. The chances of corruption are minimal. I don't understand what you're suggesting as an alternative? Don't reboot?

 

They are essentially the same command. Assuming now is appended to the shutdown command, 'shutdown -r now' will call reboot. 'reboot -f' is the not so nice one.

 

reboot

I use:

/sbin/shutdown -r now

and have never had a problem :p