remote linux server shutdowns instead of reboot

Question

When I tried to reboot my remote linux server with reboot command the server shuts down. Command used:

linux-ozzesh:~ # reboot

Why is this happening? Isn't there any other command that would restart my server instead of shutdown?

Answer 1

Maybe your reboot command alias to shutdown check it! Try to exec this command:

shutdown -r now

and feedback here what happens.

Answer 2

That command certainly should restart it and not shut it down. You could try "shutdown -r now" I'm guessing you are already using root privileges?

Answer 3

You should use the f flag. From the reboot man page:

-f, --force
          Does not invoke shutdown(8)  and  instead  performs  the  actual
          action you would expect from the name.

So you should invoke this command:

user@host:~ # reboot -f