zemaitis

4y

Created a separate user in linux debian. Logged in as new user. Console seems weird and if I press my key up I can't get previous commands, I'm just getting symbols. This is how it looks https://prnt.sc/r0krvw

With root user everything is fine.

How can I fix this?

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alexbrooklyn

14588

4y

Probably wrongly configured shell

Perhasp try: sudo chsh -s /bin/bash <user>

To change the shell to bash
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PrivateGER

16953

4y

Definitely a borked shell.
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PrivateGER

16953

4y

Try to run sh or bash manually and check $SHELL.
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Root

83004

4y

Looks like sh
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zemaitis

3769

4y

Thanks for leading me the right direction guys.

usermod --shell /bin/bash username

Worked

Sauce https://tecmint.com/change-a-users-...
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NeatNerdPrime

4203

4y

you probably did 'adduser <bleh>' (which is low level user); you should have invoked 'useradd <bleh>' since this has the goodies like home directory and shell and so on, which takes the same skelly for more sophisticated users.
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kescherRant

24533

4y

Just Debian things™

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