Problem with sudo

[Brendan Strunk]

If you're trying to set it up on a laptop you actually need to do it on a desktop computer with ubuntu installed> Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:19:15 +0100> From: mike at mga.demon.co.uk> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: Re: Problem with sudo> > Wade Smart wrote:> > 20080601 0929 GMT-6> >> > When you click on the terminal, what is written on the screen?> >> > Mine is: wadesmart at wadesmart:~$> >> > Wade> >> > Sameera Shaakunthala wrote:> > > >> When I try to use sudo in the terminal, it gives an error message saying > >> "sudo: unable to resolve host shaakunthala-laptop"> >> shaakunthala-laptop is the computer name.> >> But the problem does not arise when the computer is connect to the network.> >>> >> Can anybody tell me how to fix this problem?> >>> >>> >> Thank you!> >>> >> * Shaakunthala> >>> >> -- > >> ..:Sameera Shaakunthala:..> >>> >> il ask rhe same question terminal should have nothing to do with being connected to the network. unless your computer is running slave and getting its OS from another machine> >> >> >> > > > > -- > ubuntu-users mailing list> ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
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