added new user no shell/ tab completing

Question

I added a new ubuntu user with this command

 useradd -d /home/newname -m newname

It seems no tab completing feature and only $ as prompt, When I logged in as root I see root@server$ as prompt.

Something is missing for my new user?

THanks

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '13 at 07:45

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sounds like your user was added with the sh shell instead of bash try the following.

su to your new user and type chsh type /bin/bash and press enter now try reloging and see if it works

answered Apr 14 '13 at 07:45

max

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by default useradd reads a file /etc/default/useradd which by default has this set SHELL=/bin/sh. adduser on the other hand config defaults to bash DSHELL=/bin/bash – max Apr 14 '13 at 07:48

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 14 '18 at 12:22

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I encountered the same problem and I managed to correct it with useradd itself. Indeed, you can set the initial shell for the user while creating the user, with -s option:

useradd -s /bin/bash -d /home/newname -m newname

answered Feb 14 '18 at 12:22

FlorianT

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 15 '23 at 14:22

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Executing with sudo privilege worked

sudo chsh -s /bin/bash user_name_here

answered Feb 15 '23 at 14:22

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 14 '13 at 03:23

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Thats odd. All this should be in your .bashrc and bash profiles I believe. That should have been populated by /etc/skel. All this leads me to think there's a deeper issue with your install.

answered Apr 14 '13 at 03:23

Journeyman Geek

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added new user no shell/ tab completing

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