how to know which dist am i using
 

how do i know which distribution i am using
when i type uname -a it just shows linux & kernel version but nothing like 'RHEL or Centos4 or u know'

thank you

hi there,
there is no standard command to check distro...
under /etc you can find something like..
regards,
slackie1000

alright so i found cat /proc/version pretty muhc shows it for RHEL, tho for Centos it says RHEL too (but with centos mail so it is obvious its centos however no idea if 3.4 or what) maybe it just takes knowledge of what each distributions output here ?

have a look in your grub config... usually the distros mentions some helpful line in there, used to clarify what you are about to boot...

hi there,
:confused: ... hum.. did you read my post? there is no standard command to find which distro you are running...
but, under /etc you can find some files with information...
a definitive solution is writing a script to check few different files..
regards,
slackie1000

slackie! yea i didnt, i dontknow how but i somewhat didnt see it :) anyway, thanks to both of you for info, both show the info /etc/*-version file sometimes little more about actual package