Re: ls colors too dark on a black background terminal

["Christopher J. Bottaro" <cjbottaro alumni cs utexas edu>]

thanks for the reply, but...

Aaron Schlaegel wrote:
> cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dircolors
> 
> This will make all terminals use the bright colors that stand out on a
> dark background.

this didn't seem to do anything.  also, is there a way to make it use bright
colors globally and not just per user?

thanks again.