uname output ?

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, at 11:28am, Mark Komarinski wrote:
>> I'm curious; just how do you identify if a system is Debian or Red Hat?
>> I've yet to find a reliable method.
> 
> /etc/issue will tell you.

  Relying on /etc/issue is a bad idea.  If the admin is using /etc/issue for
what it was intended for (displaying a banner prior to login), they may well
have changed that.  I know I sure do.

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