billy@wickedpuppy:/boot$ hostname --long localhost.localdomain thats the result of my hostname --long ... :P regards billy <div>On 9/9/05, Alexander Botero <<a href="mailto:alex.botero@gmail.com">alex.botero@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello,<div> A possible diagnostic on the 'sudo' problem. The Debian's (and Ubuntu's) version of 'sudo' terminates straight after it has checked and failed to retrieve this machine's *long* hostname  (long hostname is also also called FQDN  (Fully Qualified Domain or Host Name)). NOTE: YOU MUST ENABLE ROOT PASSWORD BEFORE TRYING THESE TESTS. Make a test: a) Get current hostname of this PC (it's a short hostname) $ hostname 084202074190    The name "084202074190" is OK.  It is retrieved and set by dhcp (dhclient) via /etc/resolv.conf and other normal network settings (what I know).  And sudo (sudo.c) gets it by gethostname(....) call. ------------------------------ <div> b) Get current long hostname of this PC (also called FQDN) $ hostname --fqdn hostname: Unknown host          <-------------- Oops, It failed! (You can also say:  "hostname --long") The Ubuntus version of sudo just prints an error message and terminates after it has failed on this check ! It should'n be so rigid. --------------------------------- How to fix it?? Set a proper (long) hostname manually.  Like this $  su -c "hostname  <a href="http://my.own.hostname.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">my.own.hostname.com</a>" ( or: sudo hostname <a href="http://my.own.hostname.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">my.own.hostname.com</a> ) Check it: $ hostname --long <a href="http://my.own.hostname.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">my.own.hostname.com</a> The original sudo command in Ubuntu Colony 4. $ sudo usage: sudo [-HPSb] [-p prompt] [-u username|#uid]             { -e file [...] | -i | -s | <command> } IT WORKS NOW. --------------------------------------------------------------------- But do not try $  su -c "hostname  <a href="http://my.own.hostname.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">my.own.hostname.org</a>" Ubuntu's sudo command SUCKS a lot !! </div> </div><div><div>On 9/8/05, billy am <<a href="mailto:wickedpuppy@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> wickedpuppy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> hi ... my md5 sum of sudo matches yours yet it works .... know why? regards billy </blockquote></div> -- ubuntu-devel mailing list <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel" target="_blank"> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- Deep down , everyone wants to be loved.                                                           Annon Let him who would move the world, first move himself                                                           Socrates <a href="http://Linuxasia.org">Linuxasia.org</a> - Latest Linux News From Around The Region. To remain as I am is impossible , I must die or be better.                                                                                   Abraham Lincoln