On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Susan Macchia wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know how I can find out which distro I am running on? I can use > uname to find the kernel and basic OS (i686-Linux vs. ia64-Linux, for example), > but I need to know more than that because the same combinations can be found on > a variety of distros.
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, from a security standpoint) there is no standard for determining this. Some distros embed this information in /etc/issue. Redhat also tends to include a /etc/redhat-release file. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo http://netllama.ipfox.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
