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  1. Bug #32906
  2. Comment #69

Comment 69 for bug 32906

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote : Re: [Bug 32906] Re: sudo fails if it cannot resolve the local hostname and no MTA is installed

Hi Brian,

Brian Murray [2008-04-30 21:56 -0000]:
> I recreated the bug using the test case provided on Hardy Heron with
> sudo version 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3. I then installed 1.6.9p10-1ubuntu3.1
> from hardy-proposed and was then able to use sudo. However, I did
> notice that 'unable to resolve host' showed up 2x. Like:
>
> sudo: unable to resolve host bob
> sudo: unable to resolve host bob
> [sudo] password for bdmurray:

Hm, it doesn't show up twice for me, I wonder how you got that. Do you
also get it twice in auth.log?

Anyway, since this problem is so serious (breaking sudo entirely), do
you think it is 'good enough' for now?

Thanks,

Martin

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