ls color

Don't forget LSOPTIONS.

It will if $LSOPTIONS has "--color=auto" or "--color=always" set.

In my case, it's aliased to "-bin-ls $LSOPTIONS", and LSOPTIONS is set to "--color=auto -F -b -T 0". If you really want to see what ls will output with *no* interference from dircolors, just type "-bin-ls" instead of the aliased "ls".

If theetc-DIRCOLORS file is as well commented as the one on my Slackware box, (I guess it's the stock file from the GNU coreutils distribution) it's an informative read, as well.

Back at the top of the thread, Fraser Sinclair

You mount the shares with perms that allow execute permission for all files? Sounds dangerous to me.

I *think* the reason you can't change it by removing the EXEC color frometc-DIRCOLORS is that the default is compiled intobin-ls. Anyhow... if you really want to unset the color for executable files, just set EXEC to "00" in DIRCOLORS. I'd be looking for a better way to manage exec perms through mount-samba options, or something, though.

cya, Jonathan

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