There's a few other methods I've used, if that doesn't work and you can't
run that script (SELinux-restrictions or other reasons).
'uname -a' may show something useful or significant, such as:
Linux gentoo 2.6.16-gentoo-r12 #2 SMP Sat Sep 16 03:53:14 Local
time zone
must be set--see zic ppc64 POWER5 (gr) GNU/Linux
dpkg -l | grep libc6
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ COLUMNS=67 dpkg -l| grep libc6
ii libc6 2.5-0ubuntu14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libc6-dev 2.5-0ubuntu14 GNU C Library: Development Libraries and
ii libc6-i686 2.5-0ubuntu14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i686
opt
On Ubuntu or Debian, the package version itself will indicate the
distribution being used
rpm -qa | grep -i release
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> rpm -qa | grep -i release
sles-release-9-82.17
core-release-9-6.3
release-notes-9.1-8.88
These aren't perfect, but they'll work on systems where they may be older
(i.e. prior to lsb-release being packaged) or where you may be restricted
from running shell scripts or other things.
David A. Desrosiers
Linux on Power Developer Program Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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