Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : > Steve, > > Stephen Garton wrote: >> Thanks for all the help so far! >> >> the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) >> 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : >>> As well as the advice about bashrc etc., I would also check that the >>> user has the right shell. L

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Tony Arnold
Steve, Stephen Garton wrote: > Thanks for all the help so far! > > the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) > 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : >> 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 mak

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
Thanks for all the help so far! the user now has a .bashrc and a .profile (copied from /etc/skel) 2008/12/18 Tony Arnold : > > 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. It wou

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Tony Arnold
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 com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Stephen Garton : > 2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > >> >> Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc >> >> If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel >> then any new users will be given the functionality. >> >> Edit the current

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Graham Binns
2008/12/18 Stephen Garton : > 2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > >> >> Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc >> >> If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel >> then any new users will be given the functionality. >> >> Edit the curre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Graham Binns
2008/12/18 Stephen Garton : > 2008/12/18 Dave Walker : > >> The most obvious reason I can think that would cause this, is adding a >> new user using "useradd" rather than the more useful "adduser". Can you >> confirm how the user was added? > > Dave, > > I'm afraid I can't at the moment, the pers

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
2008/12/18 Matthew Macdonald-Wallace : > > Generally an issue with either /etc/profile, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc > > If you edit the versions of .bash_profile and .bashrc in /etc/skel > then any new users will be given the functionality. > > Edit the current .bash_profile and .bashrc for the u

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
2008/12/18 Dave Walker : > The most obvious reason I can think that would cause this, is adding a > new user using "useradd" rather than the more useful "adduser". Can you > confirm how the user was added? Dave, I'm afraid I can't at the moment, the person who set it up has gone away for christ

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Dave Walker
Stephen Garton wrote: > > the new user doesn't seem to have any of the 'basics', > e.g. tab completion, or arrow keys to navigate history. > > Any ideas why this may be? > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
Quoting Stephen Garton : > Afternoon all, > > 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', >

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

2008-12-18 Thread Stephen Garton
Afternoon all, 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 n