Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
On 1/18/06, Raj Shekhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a gazillion ways to check your distro version - the easiest one being that the previous sysadmin or the box owner tells you. Sometimes that is not possible. /etc/issue.net is *one* of the ways to find the distribution - though not the only one. http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=33375 This might be of some help :-) -- regards, makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.info When you speak out with the courage of your convictions, people listen! -- Valmik Thapar, Wildlife Conservationist. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
On 1/17/06, Mithun Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=1 [2]=5 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i486-pc-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Seems some of you guys dont read the obvious thing which is the variable name - it is Bash version not Debian version. Certainly it might now work on all platforms its just the BASH version, but atleast it allows identification of a stock RH/Fedora installation. Likewise, /etc/issue.net can be changed anytime, but atleast it allows you to identify a system in some cases. There can be zillion of other things that dont have a set strategy... OS fingerprinting can be one example, but a cumulative effect of various mechanisms can give surprisingly accurate results! -- regards, makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.info When you speak out with the courage of your convictions, people listen! -- Valmik Thapar, Wildlife Conservationist. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
--- Mayank Jain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Certainly it might now work on all platforms its just the BASH version, but atleast it allows identification of a stock RH/Fedora installation. Likewise, /etc/issue.net can be changed anytime, but atleast it allows you to identify a system in some cases. There can be zillion of other things that dont have a set strategy... OS fingerprinting can be one example, but a cumulative effect of various mechanisms can give surprisingly accurate results! Bash version will tell you just that the version of Bash you are using. Simillarly OS fingerprinting will tell you which version of the kernel is running. What I have been saying is that to know specifically which version of a distribution is installed just follow the strategy which the distribution uses to determine version. RedHat : /etc/redhat-release Fedora : /etc/fedora-release Debian : /etc/debian-release Slackware : /etc/slackware-release For a more complete list read this: http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11251.html Mithun __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mithun Bhattacharya wrote: What I have been saying is that to know specifically which version of a distribution is installed just follow the strategy which the distribution uses to determine version. RedHat : /etc/redhat-release Fedora : /etc/fedora-release Debian : /etc/debian-release Slackware : /etc/slackware-release For tolerably LSB compliant systems lsb_release -a might do the trick. Rgds SM -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Red Hat - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDzOXZ+g4kmZ76nyERAlaaAKCK+Ppy6BlSt6JXAuBNpVkbaZOKfwCgqgnk vjch7TZScANWOHk7vaIgiDI= =0Ol3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
There are a gazillion ways to check your distro version - the easiest one being that the previous sysadmin or the box owner tells you. Sometimes that is not possible. /etc/issue.net is *one* of the ways to find the distribution - though not the only one. Cheers -- _.-, raj shekhar .--' '-._ http://rajshekhar.net _/`- _ '. http://rajshekhar.net/blog ''._`.. \ ` \; WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ;_\-- God's Last Message to his Creation ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
On 1/16/06, Mithun Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:14:01PM -0800, Brian Street wrote: hello svlugers, This is a stupid question, or it seems so to me, but I don't know how to answer it. If I know a system has linux installed but don't know what flavor, how can I tell which it is (ie. Suse, RedHat, Debian, etc.)? A distribution is just a collection of packages. It doesn't have any specific technical information which needs to be standardized across distributions. What every distribution does have is to consistently inform the release of that specific distribution which will be consistent across versions of that distribution. [EMAIL PROTECTED] set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=00 [2]=14 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i386-redhat-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- regards, makuchaku --- http://makuchaku.info When you speak out with the courage of your convictions, people listen! -- Valmik Thapar, Wildlife Conservationist. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:14:01PM -0800, Brian Street wrote: hello svlugers, This is a stupid question, or it seems so to me, but I don't know how to answer it. If I know a system has linux installed but don't know what flavor, how can I tell which it is (ie. Suse, RedHat, Debian, etc.)? A distribution is just a collection of packages. It doesn't have any specific technical information which needs to be standardized across distributions. What every distribution does have is to consistently inform the release of that specific distribution which will be consistent across versions of that distribution. Mithun __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
in infinite wisdom Mayank Jain spoke thus on 01/16/06 14:49: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=00 [2]=14 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i386-redhat-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED] does this work on debian flavors ? -- _.-, raj shekhar .--' '-._ http://rajshekhar.net _/`- _ '. http://rajshekhar.net/blog ''._`.. \ ` \; WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ;_\-- God's Last Message to his Creation ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
Hi, On 1/16/06, Raj shekhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in infinite wisdom Mayank Jain spoke thus on 01/16/06 14:49: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=00 [2]=14 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i386-redhat-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED] does this work on debian flavors ? This is what I got on Debian Sarge: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=1 [2]=5 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i486-pc-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Certainly it didn't give information about the distro flavor. Regards Nikhil Prabhakar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
--- nipra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ set | grep BASH_VERSINFO BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=1 [2]=5 [3]=1 [4]=release [5]=i486-pc-linux-gnu) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Seems some of you guys dont read the obvious thing which is the variable name - it is Bash version not Debian version. Mithun __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] [Fwd: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed?]
Original Message Subject: Re: [svlug] How to tell which flavor of Linux is installed? Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:43:28 -0500 From: stripes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brian Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Brian, Check /etc/issue.net. Mine says: tigerbox:/home/stripes# more /etc/issue.net Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable -Anne On Sun, Jan 08, 2006 at 05:14:01PM -0800, Brian Street wrote: hello svlugers, This is a stupid question, or it seems so to me, but I don't know how to answer it. If I know a system has linux installed but don't know what flavor, how can I tell which it is (ie. Suse, RedHat, Debian, etc.)? Thanks, Brian. ___ svlug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.svlug.org/lists/listinfo/svlug -- I get plenty of exercise- jumping (\`--/') _ ___ .-r-. to conclusions, pushing my luck, .~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. and dodging deadlines. -Anonymous (v_, ; `,-\ ; : ; \/,-~) \ stripes at tigerlair dot com `--'_..),-/ ' ' '_.-' )`.`.__.') stripes at brickbox dot com ((,((,__..'~~((,__..' `-..-'fL ___ svlug mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.svlug.org/lists/listinfo/svlug -- _.-, raj shekhar .--' '-._ http://rajshekhar.net _/`- _ '. http://rajshekhar.net/blog ''._`.. \ ` \; WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE ;_\-- God's Last Message to his Creation ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
