Good points. I guess i will just have to hope that the /etc/issue file is correct.
Thanks Steve At 01:02 PM 4/25/2002, you wrote: >On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Steve Buehler wrote: > > Does anybody know if there is a way for php to get the operating system > > type from a linux box? I know how to get the kernel version, but not the > > operating version/type. > > example. RedHat Linux 6.1 or 6.2 or 7.1, etc.... > >That's probably pretty tricky. What is a Redhat installation? What is it >after half the files have been gutted and replaced with packages from >elsewhere or source-built binaries? > >Once /etc/issue gets changed, there's nothing that conclusively identifies >the machine as RedHat except for an arbitrary assortment of files and >directories that may or may not be intact. > >miguel > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
