Newly created user on Ubuntu Server has the wrong shell prompt

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I've created a new user in the Ubuntu 18.04.01 like this:

sudo useradd svn
sudo passwd svn
sudo mkhomedir_helper svn
sudo usermod -d /home/svn -m svn

Problem is, that if I switch to the user by su svn I don't see a standard prompt command. Instead of standard prompt:

svn@svn-server:/srv/svn/$

I see only:

$

despite the content of the file /home/svn/.bashrc. And in this "crippled" prompt I also cannot use TAB key to autocomplete paths.

If I run echo $PS1 as svn user I get empty result.

How can I fix this user?

ubuntu users administration useradd

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I've created a new user in the Ubuntu 18.04.01 like this:

sudo useradd svn
sudo passwd svn
sudo mkhomedir_helper svn
sudo usermod -d /home/svn -m svn

Problem is, that if I switch to the user by su svn I don't see a standard prompt command. Instead of standard prompt:

svn@svn-server:/srv/svn/$

I see only:

$

despite the content of the file /home/svn/.bashrc. And in this "crippled" prompt I also cannot use TAB key to autocomplete paths.

If I run echo $PS1 as svn user I get empty result.

How can I fix this user?

ubuntu users administration useradd

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I've created a new user in the Ubuntu 18.04.01 like this:

sudo useradd svn
sudo passwd svn
sudo mkhomedir_helper svn
sudo usermod -d /home/svn -m svn

Problem is, that if I switch to the user by su svn I don't see a standard prompt command. Instead of standard prompt:

svn@svn-server:/srv/svn/$

I see only:

$

despite the content of the file /home/svn/.bashrc. And in this "crippled" prompt I also cannot use TAB key to autocomplete paths.

If I run echo $PS1 as svn user I get empty result.

How can I fix this user?

ubuntu users administration useradd

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I've created a new user in the Ubuntu 18.04.01 like this:

sudo useradd svn
sudo passwd svn
sudo mkhomedir_helper svn
sudo usermod -d /home/svn -m svn

Problem is, that if I switch to the user by su svn I don't see a standard prompt command. Instead of standard prompt:

svn@svn-server:/srv/svn/$

I see only:

$

despite the content of the file /home/svn/.bashrc. And in this "crippled" prompt I also cannot use TAB key to autocomplete paths.

If I run echo $PS1 as svn user I get empty result.

How can I fix this user?

ubuntu users administration useradd

ubuntu users administration useradd

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Check the shell, you have assigned. If you have tried the useradd command in Ubuntu 18 Version, the default login shell will be /bin/sh and you will get output like you mentioned. You can change the login shell by executing the command:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash svn

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Check the shell, you have assigned. If you have tried the useradd command in Ubuntu 18 Version, the default login shell will be /bin/sh and you will get output like you mentioned. You can change the login shell by executing the command:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash svn

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Check the shell, you have assigned. If you have tried the useradd command in Ubuntu 18 Version, the default login shell will be /bin/sh and you will get output like you mentioned. You can change the login shell by executing the command:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash svn

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Check the shell, you have assigned. If you have tried the useradd command in Ubuntu 18 Version, the default login shell will be /bin/sh and you will get output like you mentioned. You can change the login shell by executing the command:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash svn

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Check the shell, you have assigned. If you have tried the useradd command in Ubuntu 18 Version, the default login shell will be /bin/sh and you will get output like you mentioned. You can change the login shell by executing the command:

sudo usermod -s /bin/bash svn

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