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Reputation: 2220

ssh terminal does not autocomplete or store command history

I have a virtual server with ubuntu in AWS. I have created multiple users on my server. When I ssh into the server as the root user (ubuntu), I am able to use the bash auto complete for basic commands and bash history. But when I login as a different user it does not work? Is there anything I need to do to fix this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2478

Answers (1)

ruakh
ruakh

Reputation: 183612

According to the Bash Reference Manual, §9.1: Bash History Facilities:

When the -o history option to the set builtin is enabled (see The Set Builtin), the shell provides access to the command history, the list of commands previously typed.

So, I'd try running

set -o history

and seeing if that fixes it. If it does, then you'll probably want to add that to the other users' log-in scripts.

(Note that set -o history primarily controls whether commands are added to the history, so to test it adequately, you'll want to run:

set -o history
echo foo
echo !!

to confirm that it prints echo foo.)

Upvotes: 1

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