I suspect you ran a Linux command somewhere along the line.

If for example root's shell is /emul/linux/bin/bash, that would explain
it.

Ben

On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 10:04:17PM +1000, Paul (NCC/CS) wrote:
> on my NetBSD 1.6.2 machine, uname -a gives,
> 
> when I'm me:
> su% uname -a
> NetBSD su 1.6.2 NetBSD 1.6.2 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Sep 28 11:04:09 EST 2004
> root@su:/opt/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
> 
> when I'm root:
> su# uname -a
> Linux su 2.4.18 #0 Wed Feb 20 20:00:02 CET 2002 i386 unknown
> 
> does anyone have an idea why it thinks it's linux when root?