[olug] Getting true version of RHES

[Mr Scsi]

Is it subscribed to rhn? If so, what is the parent channel?

On 6/11/09, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> You could ask rpm to tell you what package instaled /etc/redhat-release,
> then download and re-install that package.  (Though I guess someone could
> have downloaded the "RHEL 5" package and forced an install...)
>
> You might try doing a "uname -a" and Googling for that string and see what
> comments come up.  To confirm, then do another rpm command to list some key
> packages (base, kernel, etc) and confirm that they are part of that same
> release.
>
> (I'm sure someone will show a simpler one-liner....)
>
> Dan
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 19:13, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> This is one of those things that makes me shake my head and mumble.
>>
>> It appears one of our mission critical servers (runs the batch scheduler)
>> had
>> it's version manually changed in /etc/redhat-release to fool an installer
>> for
>> aforementioned scheduler program. (This happened when they had sysadmin by
>> committee)  I've been told it's RHEL 5, but I'm looking for a way to
>> verify
>> the minor release number and put the proper string back in the file.  Any
>> ideas?
>>
>> Yes, I'm taking away their "got root?" t-shirts........
>>
>> Dave
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