[DC LoCo] how to determine distribution

[Greg Reagle]

On 08/10/2011 12:48 PM, Greg Reagle wrote:
> On 08/10/2011 12:14 PM, Dan Chen wrote:
>>> The computer in question is a hosted virtual web server.It is definitely
>>> Linux, but I cannot figure out the distribution (yet).
>> Certain files in /etc are hints: /etc/*_release or /etc/*_version. A
>> more current distribution likely has `lsb_release', too.
>
> I tried all three of these approaches to no avail. I have determined that rpm and yum are installed (I installed nano via yum). So, I know that has Red-Hat-like package management. Out of curiosity, does anyone know how to determine which distribution it is?

A member of this list pointed me to this useful web page, http://fixunix.com/questions/15711-how-do-i-discover-linux-distribution-installed-machine.html, which enabled me to figure it out.

[root at s15350454 ~]# cat /etc/issue
CentOS release 5.2 (Final)
Kernel \r on an \m

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Greg Reagle
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