I use a crontab entry under root to do this ...
login as root
crontab -e
add the following line
5 1 * * * /sbin/shutdown -r now
save the file and exit
this reboots at 1:05 am every night ...
hope this helps - btw - root does not need to be logged in for this to work
...
dave
At 08:47 PM 5/13/98 -0400, you wrote:
><newbie hat fully in place here>
>
>Ok, I see cron.daily, cron.weekly, etc. How do I schedule for the machine
>to shutdown and perform a reboot once a day? Do I put a script in
>cron.daily? I see one there (or in one of them) so I'll copy the format.
>Just add 'shutdown -r now' I presume? I have no Xwindows on this system
>(for space reasons).
>
>How can I find out what time cron.daily will run? Does it run exactly at
>midnight?
>
>Please excuse the newbie attire, I'll try to find more suitable clothing in
>the future.....
>
>John Herrbach, Lansing, MI
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