> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Smith
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 6:05 PM
> Subject: Linux version
>
> Is there a command that one can run to find out what version of Linux a server
>is running. I know there are many other ways to be able to find this information in
>SOME scenarios i.e. Telnet, if the port is open and CAT in the ETC directory for
>RedHat distributions there is a RedHat-Release flat text file that depicts the
>version information.
uname -a, if you are logged into the box. remotely, i like to use nmap
available at www.insecure.org. there's also queso, but i find nmap to be
more accurate. to do os detection remotely with nmap, use something like:
nmap -v -sS -O ip.add.re.ss
hope that helps,
jakob
