On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > One thing that I can't figure out is how to set up a color ls. I copied > a custom DIR_COLORS file to /etc, and created an alias for ls with > the --color option but some of my files, namely those that are archived, > compressed,etc., and image files don't display any color whatsoever.
I didn't know that the file was called LS_COLORS. I followed the instructions in the info files and I now have color in my ls! > Also, I seem to be having problems setting permissions and ownerships > correctly on files so that I can start a ppp connection as a user. This was my fault. I mistakenly chmoded (is that right??) my /etc/ppp directory to 644, bummer. All better now. I haven't checked the dpkg stuff yet, but I'm sure all will be okay. Thanks again Phillip and Eric Mark
