On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:48:27 -0600, AK (Aaron) wrote:
On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 15:13 -0500, Richard Heck wrote:
> When I do:
> ls /bin/ping
> I get "ping" displayed with black text on a red background. I don't
see
> anything special about its permissions. What's up? I ask because I've
> installed another program recently that has the same color display, and
> I'm trying to figure out why.
>
> Richard
>
Same here. Do : ls /bin/* and you will see he programs hat display
like: mount, umount, ping, su, fusermounnt, and ping6.
I can't figure out what these programs have in common to be displayed in
a special color.
Look up the manual "man dircolors". It's documented.