19 Aug
2004
19 Aug
'04
10:35
Daniel Secareanu writes:
More precisely... cat /etc/issue
That is not a good way to find out about the version. The /etc/issue file is a simple text file that could be modified. It doesn't necessarily need to contain any info that reflects the currently running OS or kernel version. SuSE puts such info in there by default, but it could be removed by the system admin (some people feel an added level of security by obscuring such info from the login banners, whether it's real or not). -Ti