In case you want to see the result. This is what I get after I that "ls"
command:
ls: /etc/*version: No such file or directory-rw-r--r-- 1 root root
35 Sep 5 2002 /etc/redhat-release
Thanks,
Kevin> > Message: 2> Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:56:21 -1000> From: Kevin Chak
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: Re: Checking credentials~> To:
<[email protected]>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > > Thanks~I ran that command and there is a
'readhat-release' in /etc. Is this distro you don't support??> > Kevin> >
Message: 2> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:12:34 -0400> From: 'George A. Theall'
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Subject: Re: Checking credentials~> To:
[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Content-Type:
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes> > On Apr 17, 2008, at
3:26 AM, Kevin Chak wrote:> > > Sorry, how do I know what kind of Linux system
I'm logging in?> > There is probably a file in /etc describing the distro; it
will be > named something like 'redhat-release', 'debian_version', etc. So one
> approach is to> ssh into the host and run 'ls -al /etc/*{version,release}
2>/dev/ > null'. It's possible it's either a distro we don't support or someone
> removed the file so we can't determine what it is.> > George> -- > [EMAIL
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