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Subject: Re: Changing colors in shells
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Pascal Giannakakis wrote:

>Lo folks,
>
>i would like to change the colors of the shell to FG=green BG=black. I do
>_not_ ask how to change the promt, i rather want to change the default FG BG
>colors, so that with whatever program (be it Konsole, putty, ssh.org, ...) i
>log in via SSH it uses this colors. I am aware of the fact that i can set up
>these colors in the clients itself, however this is not what i want.
>
>Where do i set them up? Thank you!
>
>  
>
I may be wrong because it been a while for me to make changes, but you 
need to edit your  .profile  for the system . Here you can set it up. 
You can even set it up where fortune, mot, or any other programs you 
want to start when a user log in. .profile more or less control shell, 
you can also set path up her at well.

You will need to set an ansi color.

Do a search on google for .profile you might find examples.

Payne