Sure, just put the bit of the config relevant to dircolors in the file /etc/profile:

if [ "$TERM" != "dumb" ]; then
    export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
    eval <code>dircolors ~/.dir_colors</code>
fi

Then any system user will inherit this config.

I usually switch to root by using:

sudo -s

Thanks.

Sean

this would ensure less problems. even freebsd utilizes stallman’s ls by prefixing it as gnuls.

for zsh users this would be appropriate for your rc file:

eval $(gdircolors ~/.dir_colors) zstyle ‘:completion:*’ list-colors “${(s.:.)LS_COLORS}” alias ls=’gls —color=auto -F’

another note. if you wish to use the BSD ls with color it is as simple as exporting CLICOLOR=1 to your rc file.

If you want to switch between the both after aliasing a single back`tick or quote will help. ‘ls’ -G will show some colors as well as adding -F for your folder/ and links@

Hope this info helped supplement the blog-post.

A beeter ls for Mac OS X…

Below are the color init strings for the basic file types. A color init string consists of one or more of the following numeric codes:

Attribute codes:

00=none 01=bold 04=underscore 05=blink 07=reverse 08=concealed

Text color codes:

30=black 31=red 32=green 33=yellow 34=blue 35=magenta 36=cyan 37=white

Background color codes:

40=black 41=red 42=green 43=yellow 44=blue 45=magenta 46=cyan 47=white