On 24/02/16 22:13, Reco wrote: > ... > pkill -9 -f dhclient > ifup --force eth0 > sleep 1800 > reboot > > If all goes well you would be able to re-attach to a existing screen > session, and cancel the reboot. > If anything goes wrong - you'll have your host alive and kicking after > 30 minutes of waiting. Cheers - given it's not my machine, I think I'll just wait till I can go in, hopefully tomorrow :-) Thanks, Richard