Max Nikulin (HE12025-12-17): > Is it possible to disable host name queries in sudo? I do not have anything > specific to particular host names in sudoers, so I would prefer to avoid > network requests from a tool intended for running commands with escalated > privileges. > > I admit, system configuration was inconsistent when I noticed DNS queries. > After upgrading a VM, that I am using for various experiments, I decided to > rename it to have "trixie" in its hostname. I put the new name (short one, > not FQDN) into /etc/hostname. The result was delay and a warning on failed > attempt to resolve hostname before sudo password prompt. I figured out that > I forgot to update 127.0.1.1 entry in /etc/hosts (libnss-myhostname is not > installed).
You forgot to make sure /etc/hosts allows to resolve the local host name without DNS. Regards, -- Nicolas George
