how i know my web server use which linux distributions?

**saad pro** · 01-13-2010

hi all
i am new on linux

how i know my web server use which linux distributions?

i have access to command line

thanks in advance for your help

regards

saad

**MikeTbob** · 01-13-2010

Well, it varies from distro to distro but you can try

Code:

uname -a

If you have a Gentoo box you can use:

Code:

cat /etc/gentoo-release

Several variations of cat /etc/release are posted here. See if one works for you.
Linux Blog cat /etc/*-release — finding out Linux release version

**Kieren** · 01-13-2010

You can also try

Code:

cat /proc/version

***daark.child*** · 01-13-2010

Other commands to try

Code:

cat /etc/*-release

and

Code:

lsb_release -a

**svinoba** · 01-13-2010

saad wants to know which distro so 'cat /etc/*-release' does not help. if he has root access then kieren's suggestion works best. 'uname -a' too. Btw, on my debian there is no lsb_release command.

**Kieren** · 01-13-2010

Originally Posted by svinoba

saad wants to know which distro so 'cat /etc/*-release' does not help. if he has root access then kieren's suggestion works best. 'uname -a' too. Btw, on my debian there is no lsb_release command.

I don't think you would need root access for my solution or to use uname

**svinoba** · 01-13-2010

@Kieren,
oops sorry.

**Kieren** · 01-13-2010

And the output to cat /etc/*-release for me is:

Code:

kieren@George-Michael:~$ cat /etc/*-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"

**svinoba** · 01-13-2010

@Kieren,
both 'cat /etc/*-release' and 'cat /etc/lsb_release' do not work on my lenny machine. Am i missing any package? (btw, /proc/version and uname work on all distros i have used.)

**Kieren** · 01-13-2010

I'm not sure why you don't have a /etc/lsb-release file, maybe it's new to Karmic

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