John wrote: >> From CentOS /etc/redhat-release: > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > >> From RHEL3 /etc/redhat-release: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3 (Taroon Update 9) > >> From RHEL4 /etc/redhat-release: > Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 7) > > Has anybody maybe actually done this already and can tell if it'd > work? > > What other places may a software look into to check the computer runs > the correct OS? > > JohnStanley Writes: > > Yes that will work. Replace the appropriate string. Also do cat > /etc/issue. > One more and it is called programatically "rpm --whatprovides" Nice! Thx, will investigate the suggested files and rpm stuff. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 5118 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20081002/a36dbf0b/attachment-0005.bin>