On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:29:33 -0700 (PDT), Steven J. Yellin wrote: > > where does uname get the kernel version from ? > > > > I imagine it gets the kernel version from the running kernel, and I'll > bet it gets it from the kernel by looking in /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease. > If you're feeling daring, you could try > > echo 2.4.20-31.9 > /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease With read-only values that won't work. /proc is not writable everywhere. -- Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) - Linux 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 loadavg: 1.87 1.95 1.60 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list