by David McMaho » Sun, 06 Aug 2000 04:00:00
Is there a tool (or a method) to identify a unix/linux
system?
uname doesn't give enough info for example to distinguish
between RedHat and Slackware Linux.
Solaris and HP machines are a little easier to identify but
is there a single tool or method anyone has discovered to
clearly identify a system?
dave
by Bartek Kostrzew » Sun, 06 Aug 2000 04:00:00
> Is there a tool (or a method) to identify a unix/linux
> system?
> uname doesn't give enough info for example to distinguish
> between RedHat and Slackware Linux.
> Solaris and HP machines are a little easier to identify but
> is there a single tool or method anyone has discovered to
> clearly identify a system?
> dave
Although still most distros won't be seen. But LINUX is Linux, distros
are just collections with preconfigured (mostly slower and buggy)
kernels.
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by s. keeli » Thu, 10 Aug 2000 04:00:00
> > Is there a tool (or a method) to identify a unix/linux
> > system?
> > uname doesn't give enough info for example to distinguish
> > between RedHat and Slackware Linux.
> > Solaris and HP machines are a little easier to identify but
> > is there a single tool or method anyone has discovered to
> > clearly identify a system?
> uname -a
> Although still most distros won't be seen. But LINUX is Linux, distros
> are just collections with preconfigured (mostly slower and buggy)
> kernels.
He might also try parsing /etc/issue &/| /etc/motd. Debian as well
has /etc/debian_version, fwiw.
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by Douglas D. Anders » Thu, 10 Aug 2000 04:00:00
Dave-Quote:> Is there a tool (or a method) to identify a unix/linux
> system?
> uname doesn't give enough info for example to distinguish
> between RedHat and Slackware Linux.
> Solaris and HP machines are a little easier to identify but
> is there a single tool or method anyone has discovered to
> clearly identify a system?
> dave
While uname -a will give you the kernal rev, possibly the 'set'
command will be what you want... it will producse a book of info
about your system including a lot on desktop, X11 system and
hopefully the folks who produced your system, if you're patient
enough to sift through all the info. If it's info on someone else's
system, one useful tool is 'nmap' which I believe is freeware, and
will attempt to identify and map someone else, but isn't 100% clear
on OS.
Doug Anderson
by Don Harde » Fri, 11 Aug 2000 04:00:00
If you have GNOME installed you can use gunameQuote:> Is there a tool (or a method) to identify a unix/linux
> system?
Don
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by rob.. » Fri, 11 Aug 2000 04:00:00
>> Is there a tool (or a method) to identify a unix/linux
>> system?
>If you have GNOME installed you can use guname
>Don
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