Package: sudo Version: 1.6.9p15-1 Severity: important If you have a problem with your hostname configuration, and you can't look up the computer's hostname, sudo will fail to run.
This is important because _sudo is needed to repair the misconfiguration_, in effect you can't fix this problem without 1. luck or 2. single user mode See also http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=473828 Ubuntu bug: sudo shouldn’t ABSOLUTELY NEED to look up the host it’s running on https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/32906 This is also important since I came across this problem when a gnome settings application misconfigured my system[*] [*] Noting that I wasn't a dumb user shooting myself in the foot, but a bug in network-admin hosed my system. Bug#473827: /usr/bin/network-admin: network-admin miswrites etc/hosts hostname and alias http://bugs.debian.org/473827 Regards Ulrik Sverdrup -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-powerpc Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages sudo depends on: ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam-modules 0.99.7.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.99.7.1-6 Pluggable Authentication Modules l sudo recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
