problem with hostname

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

kappa01@:~$ echo $PS1 
\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\w\$ 


kappa01@:~$ cat /etc/hostname 
wlsdev18-2 

Paul 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Roller" <froller at tnclimited.com> 
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 4:47:28 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: problem with hostname 

On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 11:50 +0000, pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote: 
> >> <username>@(none):~$ sudo <command> 
> >> sudo: unable to resolve host 
> >> sudo: unable to resolve host 
> >> sudo: unable to resolve host 
> >> sudo: unable to resolve host 
> >> [sudo] password for <username>: 

Can you run: 

echo $PS1 

please and post. It should look something like this: 

froller at metis:~$ echo $PS1 
\[\e]0;\u@\h: \W\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u@\h:\W\$ 

Once more for GP do: 

cat /etc/hostname 

and post. 
q 



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