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Need to change terminal display colors for listing of files etc

Asked by Joe

Under the new default profile for the Terminal emulator in Lucid, when I enter "ls" the listing of directories is a light blue (to me) with a bright green background. Is there any easy way (or any way) to modify these colors? I have played around with the "colors" tab under Edit->Profiles, but I cannot get the colors of the "ls" listing to change. There was one question I found related to changing the color of the display prompt, but that is not what I want.

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George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Joe,

Light blue output from ls, by default, signify executable (rwX), which directories most likely should be.

Bright green background though, I have no explanation/suggestion for that - certainly not like that on my system.

Good luck,
George

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Best George Standish (george-standish-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Sorry i know what the Bright green background is! That means it's world writable (writable by everyone)! Changing permission of "other" to remove writable will remove the green background.

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Joe (jgsylvesterjr) said : 		#3

Thanks George Standish, that solved my question.

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Joe (jgsylvesterjr) said : 		#4

George: Thanks for the help. Changing the permissions solved my bright green highlight problem.
Joe