hi list
the telnet prompt itself gives the info , at least on my machine :
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Trying 10.5.2.167...
Connected to penguin.sharda.mahnidrabt.com.
Escape character is '^]'.

Red Hat Linux release 6.1 (Cartman)
Kernel 2.2.12-20 on an i686

 Being Run and Tweaked somewhat ....
login:          
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you wrote >>Hi,
you wrote >>
you wrote >>How can one find which version of what distribution a linux machine is
you wrote >>runing by having just a telnet access to the machine. Uname just gives
you wrote >>the kernel version.
you wrote >>


   RedHat 6.1 Cartman kernel 2.2.12-20 Composed in pine                         
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