sudo problema

[Scott Sweeny]

On 12/11/05, Dylan Stamat <dylans at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wanted to change my hostname, so I edited:
>  /etc/hostname
>
>  ... and update the name.
>  Then, when I rebooted, it gave me an error saying the hostname wasn't
> correct.
>
>  I forgot to edit the /etc/hosts file to update the name in there are well !
>
>  Now, doing "sudo" tells me that it can't get the correct hostname
> "gethostbyname() doesn't return the correct value".... and I have no way to
> edit the /etc/hosts file, as I don't have permissions.
>
>  Any ideas ?
>
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Booting into the recovery kernel should give you a root shell.  From
there you can edit your hosts file.

~Scott