The distribution is not returned correctly on SLES9, as the hobbitclient-linux.sh script is looking for SuSE when it's SUSE: $ cat /etc/SuSE-release SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 (x86_64) VERSION = 9 PATCHLEVEL = 2 I don't have any SuSE machines before hands, but adding a -i option to grep should be safe enough (at least it works for me now ;)) Cheers, Gildas --- hobbitclient-linux.sh.orig 2007-01-04 16:30:08.711197000 +0000 +++ hobbitclient-linux.sh 2007-01-04 16:30:47.073876464 +0000 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ echo -en "Debian " cat /etc/debian_version elif [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then - grep ^SuSE /etc/SuSE-release + grep -i ^SuSE /etc/SuSE-release elif [ -f /etc/slackware-version ]; then cat /etc/slackware-version elif [ -f /etc/mandrake-release ]; then