I can confirm similar behavior on Hardy Alpha6 to what's shown above, _but_ I say that there is no bug here.
The behavior stems from the fact that the hostname is preset in 3 locations: 1. "/etc/hosts" 2. "/etc/hostname" which, in turn, sets the precedent for 3. The kernel itself and/or "the Environment" If you change the hostname from within the `network-admin` tool, you have no issues with `sudo` _and_ the tool warns you that your system will be in an inconsistent state until the next reboot. Steps to confirm the lack of a bug: I, too, use 2 terminals, 1 in a `sudo -s` session as a failsafe and a second to test for breakage of `sudo` in general. The commands are posted in the order I execute them and you can use the leading '$' or '#' to distinguish between the 2 terminals: ----- # hostname pickles $ sudo true [sudo] password for asmoore: $ sudo -k # sed -i "s/pickles/foobar/g" /etc/hosts $ sudo true sudo: unable to resolve host pickles # hostname foobar $ sudo -k $ sudo true [sudo] password for asmoore: ----- Observe that `sudo` went from working, to "broken", to working again as I restored the system to a semi-consistent state by having `hostname` and "/etc/hosts" agree. Note that, had I rebooted right after, `sudo` and many other things would've been "broken" again because "/etc/hosts" and "/etc/hostname" do _not_ agree; this, too, is _not_ a bug. The original "bug" reporter needs to understand that: 1. His system is broken simply because he broke it. 2. Freedom means "free to do anything, even if it is destructive." 3. A "blog post" does not a "bug report" make. IMHO, this bug report is akin to "`sudo rm -rf` hosed my system!" Adam sM, "ubuntuforums.org" member, my first "launchpad.net" posting. -- sudo shouldn’t ABSOLUTELY NEED to look up the host it’s running on 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
