Re: [Sheflug] GPL software ?

[Denis Nikitin <dnn [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 28 December 2003 03:15, Alan Dawson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently put an Draytek Vigor 2600 router on an ADSL connection
> http://www.draytek.com.tw
> http://www.draytek.com.tw/english/product/vigor2600_x_w_we.php
> and downloaded the firmware from
> ftp://ftp.draytek.com.tw/VIGOR2600/RELEASE/2.5/FIRMWARE/ANNEXA_FOR_UK_2.zip
>
> and done a strings on the firmware grepping for 'linux'
>
> aland [at] butter:~/downloads/draytek> strings V2K6K250.RST | grep linux
> linux%@)
> linux
>
> Does this mean its running Linux ( not surprising really )?  Can I work out
> which kernel?
>
if it lets you to issue 'strings' then may be
uname -a 
will give you more info on the kernel specifics
uname -s : kernel name - Linux on my box
uname -r  :  kernel release
etc. see man pages
-a prints all the info.
Somehow I doubt it's Linux. Most likely would be some BSD derivative - more 
popular choice for routers due to the GPL license restrictions.
Again, I could be wrong. 
Best regards,
Denis.

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