I'm still having this issue on Karmic, always I run a command as super user:
sudo: unable to resolve host (my host) The system seen unable to resolve my host even if my /etc/hosts seems OK. ** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed ** Attachment added: "My /etc/hosts" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37410684/hosts -- sudo fails if it cannot resolve the local hostname and no MTA is installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32906 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs