Re: OT: How to determine which distro(Debian,RH, etc)?

[Alvin Oga <alvin@Mail.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya...

> *- On 28 Aug, Shao Zhang wrote about "Re: OT: How to determine which distro(Debian,RH, etc)?"
> > How about telnet to localhost??
> > 
> > Trying 127.0.0.1...
> > Connected to localhost.
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 localhost
> > 

to find out info about the other machine...
why not try the following ??  ( an expect script can gather the info quickly ?

you# telnet w.x.y.z 21
	Trying w.x.y.z...
	Connected to name.x.y.z.
	Escape character is '^]'.
	220 name.x.y.z FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-12](1) Tue Jan 28 21:15:28 PST 1997) ready.
	quit

you# telnet w.x.y.z 22
	Trying w.x.y.z...
	Connected to name.x.y.z.
	Escape character is '^]'.
	SSH-1.5-1.2.22

you# telnet w.x.y.z 25

	Trying w.x.y.z...
	Connected to name.x.y.z
	Escape character is '^]'.
	220 planet Smail3.2.0.90 #9 ready at Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:41:38 -0700 (PDT)
	quit
	221 planet closing connection

you# telnet w.x.y.z 80
	...sometimes tells you what web server details

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-- one could use sockets to gather the info too ??
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have fun probing
alvin