[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu Server interface

[Stephen Garton]

2008/12/18 Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>:
> 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 <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk>:
>>> 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 would appear that the user is setup wrong, as this returns /bin/sh.
>> I do also have root access, and logging in as root (which has a
>> 'normal' activity) returns /bin/bash. How does one change this?
>
> That would explain the lack of history recall etc.
>
> As root use the chsh command. Check the man page before proceeding, but
> 'chsh username' will then prompt you to choose a suitable shell.
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> both user and root return xterm
>
> That's fine.
>
>>> BTW, what do you get echoed when you press the arrow keys? Nothing or
>>> some random text?
>>
>> Up arrow gives ^[[A, down ^[[B
>
> Changing the shell should fix this.
>
> Regards,
> Tony.

Thanks very much to all, works like a charm, and I learnt something
new. It has been a good day!


Steve Garton
http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk