Linux Server Build Date
Find the Installation date for any Linux System Below are the steps for checking the install date of Linux Operation System (Red Hat) – Not official, but useful. There are few ways to find out build date on any linux system. 1.) Using basesystem package installed on system. 2.) Using passwd command to check status of user which is created at system install time by default. 1.) Using basesystem package installed on system: The package basesystem contains no files # rpm -ql basesystem (contains no files) Basesystem defines the components of a basic Red Hat Linux system (for example, the package installation order to use during bootstrapping). Basesystem should be the first package installed on a system and it should never be removed. You can check Install Date from this package $ sudo rpm -qi basesystem-8.0-5.1.1 Name : basesystem ...