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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Been reading up on sudo issues and on a
test box I tested the mix-matched hostname error and it sure does hose sudo.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>I did:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>me@server:~$ sudo hostname –v mybox<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>now when I do a sudo I get:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>sudo: unable to lookup mybox via
gethostbyname()<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>The posts I’ve found was the only
way to fix is reinstall or run recovery from the CD. And disable sudo.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>What’s your opinion on sudo?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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