I am using a telnet session (VT100) and need to modify my .profile so that it will set the color of the telnet session. I am not using Xterm (ie: can't use .Xdefaults). I am able to change the colors via menu's but need to preset in .profile. Is this possible??? Can't find anything at all on how to do it. Please help

Check the list of ANSI escape codes here: http://www.bluesock.org/~willg/dev/ansi.html

You just need to "echo" the appropriate codes to the screen. Note that any other command/program which uses ANSI color codes will reset your choices, so you may not get the desired affect by setting these in your profile.

This is usually a function of the termainal you are using and not your environment. You can change the text color in the way you describe, to some extent, but if it is the same functionality as you get in your terminals menu then I doubt you'll be able to do what you want.

Thank you for your assistance