<quote who="Stewart"> > This may seem like a really daft question, but, how do you tell what > distro a box is? I'm working on a server I set up a few years back but I > can't remember whether it's mandrake or redhat, let alone work out which > version it is. I had a quick look in /proc/sys/ but can only find kernel > type info. any ideas?
See if the following returns anything useful... cat /etc/*{version,release} - Jeff -- "If the Internet really wanted to become sentient, it probably could." - Raph Levien -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug