Re: OT: How to determine which distro(Debian,RH, etc)?
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 09:33:19PM -0000, Pollywog wrote:
> > Well, /etc/redhat-release and IIRC /etc/SuSE-Version are two more to add
> > to the list.
>
> What about 'uname -a' ? Will that do it? You could read /etc/issue or
> /etc/issue.net but I for one change those for security reasons.
/etc/issue should probably be left to the administrator .. and nothing about
this would hint the machine is redhat..
[sarnold@redwood sarnold]$ uname -a
Linux redwood.willamette.edu 2.0.34 #1 Fri May 8 16:05:57 EDT 1998 i686
unknown
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