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Determining Which Distribution Is Running on a Host
In this hands-on lab, we will determine the Linux distribution that is running on the lab host. As a System Administrator, it's not uncommon to log into an unfamiliar system to perform troubleshooting and other tasks, and this lab gives us a chance to practice discovering details about the operating system.
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Challenge
View the Release Files
- We can view the release files by using globbing to pick up every file that contains the word "release" in the
/etc/directory.
cat /etc/*release* - We can view the release files by using globbing to pick up every file that contains the word "release" in the
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Challenge
View the Issue Files
- We can view the issue files by using globbing to pick up every file that contains the word "issue" in the
/etc/directory.
cat /etc/*issue* - We can view the issue files by using globbing to pick up every file that contains the word "issue" in the
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Challenge
Run a Utility to Determine the Linux Distribution
- We can use a couple of utilities to determine the distribution. We can either use
lsb_release -a, or for systemd-based systems, we can usehostnamectl.
- We can use a couple of utilities to determine the distribution. We can either use
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