09-18-2011
Well, for starters, redhat-release only exists on redhat. it's also only a file, so might lie or be missing.
More distributions have /etc/release but it's not impossible they won't, or be incorrect.
/proc/version is more general but only a Linux thing as far as I know.
uname exists almost everywhere.
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LEARN ABOUT REDHAT
redhat-config-services
serviceconf(8) System Manager's Manual serviceconf(8)
NAME
redhat-config-services - Service Configuration Utility
SYNTAX
redhat-config-services
DESCRIPTION
This is a graphical tool for enabling and disabling services (including xinetd services). Functionality to start, stop, and restart ser-
vices is also included.
OPTIONS
None
FILES
/usr/bin/redhat-config-services
/usr/share/serviceconf/*
EXAMPLES
To run this program simply type:
redhat-config-services
LIMITATIONS
This utility currently execs chkconfig --add/--del <servicename> when enabling and disabling services. This means that it does not have the
same default behaviour as ntsysv.
SEE ALSO
chkconfig(8) ntsysv(8)
BUGS
- Some services will not start or stop properly if started anywhere but the console (redhat-config-services will appear to hang in these
instances). This is not a bug in redhat-config-services, but in the individual services.
- Some services are incredibly hard to detect if they are running or not. Starting, stopping and restarting initscripts may give mixed
results (ie. may fail if you are stopping a service that's already stopped, etc). This will be fixed; until then it's a bug.
AUTHORS
Tim Powers <timp@redhat.com>
Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
Dan Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
Wed May 16 2001 serviceconf(8)