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Old 05-12-2011, 12:59 AM   #16
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can you show me the command to be sure of what distro i'm using?
normally it is RHEL 4, but somebody showed me a command and appearently i have CentOS... so i'm not sure anymore..
 
Old 05-12-2011, 01:03 AM   #17
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Code:
cat /etc/*release*

uname -a
The first is more appropriate here; the 2nd is really the kernel version
 
Old 05-12-2011, 01:17 AM   #18
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# cat /etc/*release*
CentOS release 5.5 (Final)
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# uname -a
Linux host 2.6.18-194.32.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 5 17:53:09 EST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
so i geuss i have a CentOS
 
Old 05-12-2011, 06:14 AM   #19
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once more

can someone show me how i can easily check my mounts?
should i use mount or showmount or .........
 
Old 05-12-2011, 01:27 PM   #20
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once more

can someone show me how i can easily check my mounts?
should i use mount or showmount or .........
Do you have a problem with the solution suggested in this post?
 
Old 05-13-2011, 12:53 AM   #21
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so you mean this
Code:
df --type=NFS
so, then i'm sure that the result of this command will show ONLY the NFS mounts?

(just to be sure)
 
Old 05-13-2011, 12:58 AM   #22
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so, then i'm sure that the result of this command will show ONLY the NFS mounts?

(just to be sure)
From the df man page:
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       -t, --type=TYPE
              limit listing to file systems of type TYPE
 
Old 05-13-2011, 01:24 AM   #23
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so i geuss you mean i can be sure ...
 
Old 05-13-2011, 01:46 AM   #24
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so i geuss you mean i can be sure ...
Trust no one. The truth is out there.
 
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