dear raj, yes, i checked out webmin immediately after you mentioned it, but it works through a web-interface, and you ned to have it handy. my original question is simple: 'you have a shell prompt staring you on a linux-box. what's the magic sequence of commands to tell you which linux distro, and which version/release?'
oth, the code of webmin could reveal how they do it for so many operating systems, distros, etc. meantime, sanjeev ghane's email on 'what is a distro' when i've taken it to the moon and back with updates and customization. . . . interestingly, dmesg on knoppix mentions debian. i suppose redhat is the only one that says if you make changes like with pcqlinux, any mention of redhat has to disappear throughout the distro .. . wonder what does gnoppix say on its origins? :-) LL _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
