Thanks to all. Yep this solved it. Wrong uname.
I actually had a link to the wrong one, from the
linux bin to /bin. ....don't ask me why....

chs,
p.





Michael wrote:

> Hello,
>
> > 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?
>
> Hmm, you don't have by any chance installed the Linux compatibility stuff and root has /usr/pkg/emul/linux/usr/bin in his path before /usr/bin?
> try <which uname> as you and as root to see who uses which binary.
>
> good luck
> Michael

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