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If I am using PuTTY from Windows to SSH to a remote OS, how do I detect what OS the SSH client is running on, from within the remote OS?
I think this is probably impossible. Merely the terminal type of a SSH client is difficult to detect.
Bohr
Posted 2014-06-18T13:44:05.827
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You mean the SSH server? The client is PuTTY on your side. – Matteo – 2014-06-18T14:11:41.167
@Matteo I mean the type of the OS PuTTY is running on. – Bohr – 2014-06-18T14:28:36.307
If you're looking for a command from SSH to get remote OS, you can try [cat /etc/*-release], [uname -a], or [cat /proc/version] but those will likely work only with linux – Grant – 2014-06-18T14:59:47.960