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  1. Bug #32906
  2. Comment #32

Comment 32 for bug 32906

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asmoore82 (asmoore82) wrote : Re: sudo shouldn’t ABSOLUTELY NEED to look up the host it’s running on

> I actually am certain that raising privileges on the local machine should not require networking bits at all.
> There is no real reason why that should be done. No real dependency of the network,
> unlike the X system that is actually meant and thought for networking.

In your own terms: The `sudo` system _IS_ "meant and thought for networking!"
And even so, resolving the _LOCAL_ hostname is not "networking bits."

> And once again, my point of view: raising privileges on the LOCAL machine should NOT require networking bits. NEVER.

You are willfully ignorant of and blurring the line between _LOCAL_ hostname and "networking bits."
The _LOCAL_ hostname _IS_ mandatory and does not constitute "networking bits."

> Of course it is no bug in the sense that it breaks any specified contract, but
> ubuntu does not have a password for root and sudo is the only way to repair a wrong /etc/hosts.

Precisely, I say that this non- bug can be closed/resolved/cancelled!
Discussion of repairing the _local_ hostname configuration is already here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rescue/+bug/19553