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Old 11-06-2014, 08:00 PM   #1
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How to know the installation date

I have a redhat server , if I want to know which date the server was installed , what can I do ? thanks
 
Old 11-06-2014, 08:05 PM   #2
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Not sure there is a full 100% way. Might be some files from install would have some date and time.
 
Old 11-06-2014, 08:06 PM   #3
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Hi,

I'm not sure if there is an official way to do this but I would find that out by checking the timestamp on the installer log. eg
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ls -l /var/log/anaconda.log
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