sudo doesn't work

[Scott Kitterman]

On Thursday 06 July 2006 19:03, Ian Kabeary wrote:
> I get this when I try to use any command.
> Any ideas?
> sudo: unable to lookup  via gethostbyname()
>
> Thanks!
> ~Ian

IIRC, gethostbyname() is a network/DNS function.

Try something that doesn't require network access like:

sudo ls -l /var/log

and see what happens.

Tell us about your configuration.  Are you posting from that machine?  Does it 
have any networking capaiblity at all right now?

Scott K