Color ls not working for normal users

SUSESailor · 04-16-2016, 12:32 PM

Hello. I am running AV Linux (2016 version), which is based on Debian. For some reason, ls listings do not come up in color, unless I specifically run alias ls='ls --color' each time I log in. I have put this alias in both the .bashrc and .profile files, but it still does not work. It works just fine for root, but not for any other user. The /etc/passwd file shows that the usernames have /bin/bash as their default shell.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

HMW · 04-16-2016, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUSESailor

alias ls='ls --color' each time I log in.

Hi there!

Hmm... the correct alias for .bashrc looks like this:

Code:

alias ls='ls --color=auto'

Not,

Code:

alias ls='ls --color'

But perhaps that was a typo?

Best regards,
HMW