Re: how to find distribution name

2005-10-09 Thread Maximillian Murphy
For kernel version you might also like to look at the names of the entries in /boot/. All the same I'm certain I've encountered a command that tells you this - straight from the mouth of the kernel so to speak- but I can't remember what it is. Perhaps I'm remembering a configure.guess file or s

Re: how to find distribution name

2005-10-08 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Sanjay Debian wrote: > I am part developer and part sys admin. But a very simple question by my > manager tricked me. > question is, How do you find out name of the Linux distribution? cat /etc/debian_version or /etc/redhat-version ... etc..etc /etc/*version c ya alvin

Re: how to find distribution name

2005-10-08 Thread Michael Marsh
On 10/8/05, Sanjay Debian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am part developer and part sys admin. But a very simple question by my > manager tricked me. > question is, How do you find out name of the Linux distribution? Dunno if it's standardized or not, but "cat /etc/issue" is a place to start. -

how to find distribution name

2005-10-08 Thread Sanjay Debian
Hi, I am part developer and part sys admin. But a very simple question by my manager tricked me. question is, How do you find out name of the Linux distribution? Well please don't tell me to start X. If I ssh to a Linux server then how would I know what distribution it is? "uname -a" does not te