[ubuntu-in] sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu

mallikarjun arjun mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com
Fri Aug 22 18:21:37 BST 2008


I cud solve it thanks
Problem : Change of internal IP address for 172.32.6.100 to 192.168.1.1
Solution : Admin-->Network-->hosts tab  and add your local ip address and
some discriptive name

Thanks for the help provided



mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com


On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/22/08, mallikarjun arjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com> wrote:
> > After upgrading from ubuntu gusty to hardy, when ever i try to do some
> sudo
> > operation in terminal
> > something like this shows and the requests for password. even though no
> > problems, can anybody tell me what this means
> >  Is it a bug???????
> >
> > "sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu"
>
> What do following commands return
> cat /etc/hosts
> grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
> hostname
> ping $HOSTNAME
>
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