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Chicoscience
Asked: 2012-12-22 09:10:05 +0800 CST

Terminal not configured - not showing folder, no tab completion, etc

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I access via ssh (command line) a Linux machine and the user is not configured to do anything. Backspace does not work, there is no tab completion, the current folder does not appear in the terminal (just a $ sign). There is also no bash history.

The Ubuntu version 12.04, and I only have ssh access to it, I cannot access its graphical interface. When I log in, it goes automatically to a Tomcat folder, but there is a home folder where I tried copying a properly configured .bashrc file with no success.

How can I add these functionalities to my terminal from command line?

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  1. Best Answer

    try running bash - from the command line you may be in a basic shell by default. If this fixes it you can run to fix it permanently.

    chsh -s /bin/bash yourusername

    then login again.

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