uname output ?
bscott at ntisys.com
bscott at ntisys.com
Mon Aug 19 11:53:36 EDT 2002
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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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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