Ubuntu – How to automatically launch bash shell when opening terminal or in console mode

bashusers

I create a normal user account in ubuntu using "useradd" command, but the problem is that I have to type "bash" to launch the bash shell for this user account in both the console mode (in a tty, through ctrl+alt+Fn) and the remote mode (via ssh). The most important part of bash shell for me is the auto-completion function, so my question is that how I could make the bash shell launch automatically when logging into the account.

I use ubuntu 13.04 32bit version. I appreciate for any advice!

Best Answer

First of all, check if useradd shows a default value for SHELL. To do that, issue:

useradd -D

This will output something like:

GROUP=100
HOME=/home
INACTIVE=-1
EXPIRE=
SHELL=/bin/sh
SKEL=/etc/skel
CREATE_MAIL_SPOOL=no

These values are taken from /etc/default/useradd. Now, you have 2 solutions:

Edit /etc/default/useradd, and change the value of SHELL, or
Override the shell's value when adding user with: useradd -D -s /bin/bash

For more information see man useradd.

Related Solutions

Ubuntu – how to use expect with bash

I don't see an accepted answer years later so I will also add something that may be helpful to others. My situation had nothing to do with SSH, but using spawn expect in the following way I was able to get it working.

expect -c "  
  spawn myProc
  expect \"Do you wish to continue with XYZ? (y/N)\" {
    send \"n\r\"
    exp_continue
  }          
"

Hope this helps.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

Ubuntu – how to use expect with bash

Related Question