Steve, Stephen Garton wrote:
> We have a server (off site) at work that was intially set up with a > single user (root). We've created a day-to-day user for logging into > the machine, which we do over ssh. > > My question is, the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', > e.g. tab completion, or arrow keys to navigate history. As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the user has the right shell. Login and type 'echo $SHELL' and make sure that is bash or dash. You also want to see what the terminal type is set to. Type 'echo $TERM'. If that is set to something like 'dumb' then you may not get some of the nice features you are looking for. BTW, what do you get echoed when you press the arrow keys? Nothing or some random text? Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: [email protected] -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
