bash shell for virtual server admins doesn't use .bashrc (tab completion, colors, etc)?

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It’s almost as if it’s not using the .bashrc for the user.
I checked the .bashrc for the user and it contains:
# enable programmable completion features (you don’t need to enable

this, if it’s already enabled in /etc/bash.bashrc and /etc/profile

sources /etc/bash.bashrc).

if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi

I also checked /etc/bash.bashrc and it contains:
# enable bash completion in interactive shells
#if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then

. /etc/bash_completion

#fi

So I uncommented it to look like:
# enable bash completion in interactive shells
if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
. /etc/bash_completion
fi

Yet my users (Virtualmin Server Admin) don’t have tab completion, or colors (i.e. “ls -la /” doesn’t display different colors for folders vs files etc).

When I login as my main root account (that I created when I first installed Ubuntu 8.04 server) all of these features are available?

It’s probably something simple, but I can’t seem to find the switch to fix this in Virtualmin.
Thanks,
-BassKozz

2

Howdy,

Are you certain that your users are using the bash shell, and not something like /bin/sh?

You may want to verify which shell they have, that could certainly explain the .bash related files not being processed :slight_smile:

-Eric

3

Looks like the user is using /bin/sh
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/sh
so to fix I simply:
chsh -s /bin/bash
exited and logged back in and it was fixed…
But I don’t want to have to do this everytime I add a user… is it possible to have Virtualmin default new users to /bin/bash rather then /bin/sh?

4

Yup! Take a peek in System Customization -> Custom Shells. It sounds like /bin/sh is setup in there, you can set it to /bin/bash.

-Eric

5

That did the trick.
Thanks

6

i see this is an old topic, but to follow up…

  1. can i change this somewhere for all current users in one go?
  2. how to tell which shell to give new users?
7

There’s no quick and easy way to change the shell for all users, other than editing /etc/passwd.

For new users – you can configure that in System Customization -> Custom Shells.

-Eric

8

Can it made to be default for all? Or to remake for all? How to change it for each? Why its like that?