Hi folks,

1. How can i know which version/type of unix i am running? any special commands?. I connect to a remote machine through SSH but have no clue what kind of unix that is (don't laugh :-))

2. Why does the machine i connect to have $ sign as its shell prompt sign while solaris has # instead?. Does $ mean the machine is 'original unix'?.

3. When i connect to that machine, i am faced with a very dark black screen. I like that, kind of spooky. My sun solaris shell is white. Can i change it to look like that?.

Thanks so much,
-a

i think u can run this command,to find which verison of UNIX u r running..

uname -a

and you can change the color of ur screen by right clicking at the top of window and selecting change setting and there u have a option called Colors.

all worked thanks for the tips; turned out to be GNU/Linux!