very basic about initial install

[Ioannis Vranos]

reader at newsguy.com wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I bet this has been ridden into the ground.  I really just want
> to get started and would appreciate being able to do it the manual
> text file way.  A terminal cmdline with no root access is pretty
> useless for that.   And I'll state here again that in the (now deleted)
> desktop install SUDO FAILED due to some kind of dns problem. 
> 
> The error message said something to the effect that my machine name
> could not be resolved
> 
> Like this:
> 
> sudo passwd root
>   
>  (Error alluding to machine not resolving)
> 
> Then back to a prompt... with no root available.
> 
> This is a vmware guest on windows vista so networking may be getting
> confused (I choose bridged in vmware dialog)


I am also checking 8.10 under VMware and tested sudo both under Bridged
and NAT networking, and it works OK for me.

But as I said, if you can't make sudo work under 8.04, give 7.10 a try.