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I am running Ubuntu 13.10. When I log in through remote desktop and use the terminal, I cannot use the tab key to auto complete the command for items such as files/directories. The remote window manager is xfce, and the terminal shell is bash.

If I access the same box using SSH, I can use tab key to auto complete.

What is the key for auto complete command for the terminal emulator in xfce window? The regular tab key does not work.

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  • Have the sshd_config parameters been modified? It sounds like the SSH daemon is not allowing your session to envoke environment settings/variables and shell profile/rc.
    – 0xSheepdog
    May 2, 2014 at 0:14
  • The tab key works with SSH remote shell, but it is not working if I tried to auto complete the command for Terminal emulator in XFCE desktop window. How do I modify the sshd_config parameters? May 2, 2014 at 0:37
  • The SSH Daemon config file is /etc/ssh/sshd_config However, this may not be the problem. I would make a backup of that file before you do anything else. You may also wish to restore the original default version of the file in case anything has been changed that caused this problem.
    – 0xSheepdog
    May 2, 2014 at 0:41

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If you install the remmina package to connect (basically an alternative Remote Desktop) it has a feature to send all keyboard codes to the remote client.

source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1876244

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