what does putty's different text colors of files/folders mean & how to disable

Aaron Bliss abliss at brockport.edu
Fri Jun 20 03:06:33 UTC 2008


check out /etc/profile.d/colors.sh and /etc/profile.d/colors.csh

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
>   

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