Default user profile

[SAMSCHUEY]

The default user profile for my RHEL 9.3 VM has somehow changed from 'username@hostname' to bash-5.1$. It appears that the home directory is missing due the .bashrc profile not being present. Does anyone has any advice on how the resolve this?

[SAMSCHUEY]

I should also add that I cannot seem to either create or edit the .bashrc file. When I type in 'whoami', the output is the default username

[Fran_Garcia]

have you deleted your home directory? what is the "default" user? (there no such thing of default user, besides root, on a RHEL installation).

In any case, you can see what files would be directly copied into a new user's home directory by browsing /etc/skel : 

ls -lha /etc/skel

And copy the missing files into your user's $HOME directory as required. Once copied, ensure you change the ownership of the files to your user as well.

[SAMSCHUEY]

When I refer to the default user, I am talking about the user I created as part of the initial configuration and installation of the VM.