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At my old job we had a Ubuntu 8.04 server that we SSH into. The shell was very limited (no bash history, can not tab predict commands, etc). Is there a config file to do things like that?

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I don't care about executing shell programs, I care about the shell environment. – Frank Sep 27 '11 at 21:05
From what you describe, the shell was /bin/sh (intended for script execution) rather than the more usual /bin/bash (intended for both script execution and interactive use). MikeyB's answer tells you how to change a user's shell to /bin/sh, but why would you want to? What do you hope to achieve? – Gilles Sep 27 '11 at 21:38
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You're just trying to remove features? Change the shell using chsh and use /bin/sh instead of bash.

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