If you are getting funky formatting in GCP Cloud Shell, run this to set the format.
gcloud config set accessibility/screen_reader False |
shell
SSSD Override Shell
If you have SSSD running and the default shell is ksh even with the default shell set to bash.
Here’s the fix to override the default shell in /etc/sssd/sssd.conf. Add override_shell.
default_shell = /bin/bash override_shell = /bin/bash |
To check which shell you are using.
echo $SHELL /bin/bash |
GCP Cloud Shell Vim Settings
I had an issue with using the backspace in Vim in GCP’s Cloud Shell. Every time I’m in the insert mode and I want to edit using backspace, it doesn’t delete the characters. It shows these characters “^?” instead. Well, it turned out to be a backspace setting that you can set within .vimrc. So, here’s my working setup.
colo desert syntax on set backspace=indent,eol,start set nocompatible |
- The first line uses the desert theme.
- The second line turns on syntax highlighting. It’s on by default.
- The third line fixes the backspace issue I mentioned above.