On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:19:45 -0700 Marc Chamberlin <marc@marcchamberlin.com> wrote:
I ssh'd into my home system as root without any problems. But when I give the command to reboot, nothing happens.. "shutdown -r now" also just gives a response saying the system is going down, but again it does not actually reboot!
Can anyone tell me why and how to reboot a system remotely? I tried via VNC also, no joy...
Marc..
Hi Marc, Due to the security implications, I always disable remote root logins. I leave one regular user account enabled that can then be used to 'su' to root as required. With that out of the way... Here's the command I use to reboot: #~> init 6 hth & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org