Dave Edwards wrote:
There's something wrong with my system's understanding of its hostname. The source: $ head -2 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 bigstory.homelinux.org bigstory $ cat /etc/hostname bigstory The symptoms: $ hostname bigstory localhost.localdomain $ hostname -f hostname: Unknown host $ hostname -a hostname: Unknown host $ sudo ls /dev/null # or any sudo command sudo: unable to lookup bigstory localhost.localdomain via gethostbyname() /dev/null It also affects mutt's ability to use GPG and temp files, a DCOPserver, and probably other stuff I have yet to encounter. I've restarted the network, and I've also rebooted. Neither effected the cure. Can someone help me get to the bottom of this? Dave.
What is in your /etc/host.conf file? It could be that the resolver is trying to get the hostname via DNS.