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[SOLVED] SSH shell for user other than admin too basic (no autocomplete, etc)

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#1

I created a new user on my server (running 8.04 desktop edition at the moment), then SSH'ed in as that user. Much to my surprise, I did not have most of the functionality that the main user has. I don't have color coding or autocomplete. My shell looks extremely basic:

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I created the user like this: useradd -m username passwd username

Maybe I have to pass more parameters when creating the user. Anyone have any ideas?

#2

Anyone know if this is just an issue with the desktop edition? I'm hoping the server edition doesn't have this problem!

#3

OK, a friend gave me the solution. I was using dash instead of bash.

He used this command to change it to bash:

sudo ln -sfv bash /bin/sh

To see what shell you are using:

ls -l /bin/sh