On 01-Apr-08, 16:13 (CDT), Ulrik Sverdrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: general
> Severity: normal
>
> The impact of a misconfigured /etc/hosts file can be quite grave.
>
> Prime example: If the hostname is not in /etc/hosts, sudo does not run
> which means that the problem can not be resolved without direct root
> login or single user mode. See also bug #473827
I can't duplicate this, on a up to date lenny system. Even
commenting-out all the IP4 addresses didn't cause a problem.
Removing /etc/hostname *and* /etc/resolv.conf causes:
$ sudo -s
sudo: unable to resolve host orca
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But it still works.
Steve
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