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Re: ls coloured output for others writable directories difficult to read
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C de-Avillez |
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Re: ls coloured output for others writable directories difficult to read |
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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:50:40 -0600 |
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On 12/30/2009 01:04 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> I don't see the problem: it's readable for me when using
> roxterm as my terminal emulator.
>
(snip)
> That final line is rendered with a blue background and
> with green foreground text, "other-writable".
>
You meant green background with blue foreground text, I guess.
> This sounds like a complaint about the default.
> Anyone can use dircolors to set LS_COLORS to reflect their
> personal preferences.
>
I absolutely agree, and have said so on other bugs.
> Unless it's a problem for most people[*], I'm reluctant
> to change this. Besides, world-writable directories can
> pose a security risk, so you might consider the annoyance
> to be a *feature*. Think of it as encouragement to change
> permissions to something safer.
>
Heh, indeed.
Meanwhile I went on and tested it on the default Linux console, plus
konsole, roxterm, Gnome terminal, and guake. Turns out the *only* one to
make the output difficult to read is Gnome terminal (all other things
being equal: default black background, default colour palette, Bitstream
Vera Mono 9).
So, if there is a problem, it is not on Coreutils.
Thank you, and sorry,
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