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

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

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

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 :

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 -- _.-,

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

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,

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

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

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

[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.