I had the same issue on Debian Jessie until I upgraded from version 4.3-11 to 4.3-11+b1 on amd64.
This solved the issue! Changelog: bash (4.3-11+b1) sid; urgency=low, binary-only=yes * Binary-only non-maintainer upload for amd64; no source changes. * Rebuild against glibc 2.19-13 -- amd64 Build Daemon (binet) <buildd-bi...@buildd.debian.org> Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:20:35 +0200 Please consider this for this bug report. Thanks, Raoul -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1291277 Title: bash-static prompt: 'I have no name!@server' vs. bash prompt: 'user@server' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1291277/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs