hi ya... > *- On 28 Aug, Shao Zhang wrote about "Re: OT: How to determine which > distro(Debian,RH, etc)?" > > How about telnet to localhost?? > > > > Trying 127.0.0.1... > > Connected to localhost. > > Escape character is '^]'. > > Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 localhost > >
to find out info about the other machine... why not try the following ?? ( an expect script can gather the info quickly ? you# telnet w.x.y.z 21 Trying w.x.y.z... Connected to name.x.y.z. Escape character is '^]'. 220 name.x.y.z FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-12](1) Tue Jan 28 21:15:28 PST 1997) ready. quit you# telnet w.x.y.z 22 Trying w.x.y.z... Connected to name.x.y.z. Escape character is '^]'. SSH-1.5-1.2.22 you# telnet w.x.y.z 25 Trying w.x.y.z... Connected to name.x.y.z Escape character is '^]'. 220 planet Smail3.2.0.90 #9 ready at Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:41:38 -0700 (PDT) quit 221 planet closing connection you# telnet w.x.y.z 80 ...sometimes tells you what web server details -- -- one could use sockets to gather the info too ?? -- have fun probing alvin