If you run `alias`, you'll see that ls is aliased to "ls --color=tty". I believe that if you remove this alias you will get no coloring at all, just like Solaris and HP-UX. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mark Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 10:20 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: what does putty's different text colors of files/folders mean & how to disable Aaron Bliss wrote: > check out /etc/profile.d/colors.sh and /etc/profile.d/colors.csh Yeah, you beat me to it. This will change it for everyone. Or you can have your own locally. I *loathe* blue on black (oh, isn't *everyone* using a white background?!) mark > > Aaron > > sunhux G wrote: >> Hi, >> >> When I "ssh" into our Linux boxes using freeware putty, >> when listing out files, some files are painted in red text, >> some in blue text & white. >> >> What does the color code mean & how can I change >> them or disable them. Blue is highly unreadable. >> >> The very same putty ssh into Solaris & HP-UX boxes >> doesn't give rise to these colors. >> >> >> Thanks >> U >> > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
