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I’m connected to my shared hosting server via ssh, and all I know is that it’s under Linux. I tried commands like: cat /etc/issue/ and lsb_release -a but got: 

$ cat /etc/issue/
No such file or directory

$ lsb_release -a
-bash: lsb_release: command not found

and uname -a only gives : Linux .......secureserver.net 2.6.32-673.8.1.lve1.4.3.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 10 08:57:30 EST 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

gcc -v gives:

Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-redhat-linux Configured with:
../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) (GCC)
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  • Every distro has it's own way of figuring out what it is. Might also try doing cat /etc/*-release in case it's a RH-oriented distro. First step would be to figure out what package management it's using so as to narrow the field of possibilities. Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:22
  • cat: /etc/*-release: No such file or directory Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:23
  • Actually I take that back, your kernel version has el6 in it. That means it's either RHEL6 or CentOS 6. Red Hat is the only major distro that I'm aware of that puts their brand in the kernel version string. Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:24
  • Either they've removed the /etc/redhat-release file or something else is amiss: For example Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:25
  • Is this a Cisco VM per chance? They use RHEL as their base but for some reason remove random bits of branding out of it (maybe legal reasons I don't know). Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:26

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From your output, it's a redhat based system. Your kernel has el6 in the name and gcc states Red Hat 4.4.7-16. This more than likely means it's CentOS 6.

Typically on Red Hat systems, these will give you a hint on what's installed:

  • /etc/redhat-release
  • /etc/centos-release
  • uname -r => If the kernel has an EL* in the name, it's Enterprise Linux. The number will tell you the major release version

As an aside, your kernel is not a mainline kernel. Despite the fact that it has EL6 in the name, it also has a VERY different version number and has an LVE tag. Looks like this is a GoDaddy spun version of CentOS. They have a tendency to remove a lot of core functionality and binaries and hide them away from the users.

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  • uname -r 2.6.32-673.8.1.lve1.4.3.el6.x86_64 So what's my Package Management? Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:41
  • @Hamza your package management will be rpm in Red Hat-land. Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:46
  • @chicks after talking in comments, I think they've removed rpm for some reason. It sounds like it's been stripped way down. Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:53
  • yes rpm also gives error for me. Commented Jul 5, 2016 at 0:54

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