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Answer by RenRen for Tab Autocomplete for New User

When you add a user with useradd there is no special shell added. You can see this with the command:cat /etc/passwd test1:x:1004:1005:,,,:/home/test1:/bin/bash test3:x:1007:1008::/home/test3: You can...

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Answer by WheresAlice for Tab Autocomplete for New User

On my system tab autocompletion is added by: if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then . /etc/bash_completion fi in .bashrc. Bashrc doesn't get created for new users since it doesn't exist in /etc/skel....

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Answer by rodjek for Tab Autocomplete for New User

Check what shell 'newuser' is using. Make sure it's one that actually supports tab completion (like bash or zsh). You can determine what shell the user is using using the following command # getent...

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Answer by Christian for Tab Autocomplete for New User

have you checked your new user has the same shell as your root user? Its seems that your root user has bash your something like it and your new user has a ksh or something similar. Take a look at the...

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Answer by Zoredache for Tab Autocomplete for New User

Did the folder /var/www/mywebsite.com exist before you created the account? Can you check that contents of /etc/skel get copied over to the home directory /var/www/mywebsite.com? Did the new account...

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Tab Autocomplete for New User

I added a new linux user by doing a useradd -d /var/www/mywebsite.com -m newuser passwd newuser I tested the account by logging into the server with the following command ssh newuser@mywebsite.com...

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