sudo didn't work in a fresh install of Ubuntu 5.10 Colony 4

[billy am]

billy at wickedpuppy:/boot$ hostname --long
localhost.localdomain

thats the result of my hostname --long ... :P

regards
billy

On 9/9/05, Alexander Botero <alex.botero at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 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.
> ------------------------------ 
> 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 my.own.hostname.com <http://my.own.hostname.com/>"
> 
> ( or: sudo hostname my.own.hostname.com <http://my.own.hostname.com/> )
> 
> Check it:
> $ hostname --long
> my.own.hostname.com <http://my.own.hostname.com/>
> 
> 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 my.own.hostname.org <http://my.own.hostname.org/>"
> 
> Ubuntu's sudo command SUCKS a lot !!
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/8/05, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > hi ... my md5 sum of sudo matches yours yet it works .... know why?
> > 
> > regards
> > billy
> > 
> 
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