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[Ed Greshko]

bala chandar wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:03:09 -0800 (PST), Shiraz Baig
> <shiraz_baig at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>>Use the command   cat  /etc/issue
>>It will give you Redhat version.
>>bye
> this worked fine!

Danger Will Robinson......

Type "man issue" and you will see the intent of the "issue" file.  While 
it may not change on the system you are using....it is often edited by 
sys admins to *not* reveal the version of the SW in use!

/etc/issue is part of the "redhat-release" package as is 
/etc/redhat-release.  That file is generally *not* edited by sys admins.

Regards,
Ed


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