Package: sudo Version: 1.6.8p12-1 Severity: important sudo complains about not being able to lookup the hostname via gethostbyname if the hostname contains one or more hyphens as demonstrated below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ps sudo: unable to lookup az-svr-01 via gethostbyname() PID TTY TIME CMD 12302 pts/0 00:00:00 ps If I change the hostname to azsrv01 sudo is silent about this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo ps PID TTY TIME CMD 12320 pts/0 00:00:00 ps In both cases I have the hostname in /etc/hosts pointing to 127.0.0.1 Other programs using gethostbyname() like ping never complain. In case of a broken hostname lookup the error doesn't cause much harm, except in the case of "sudo su". This results in very strange and broken behaviour in the resulting root shell (bash). Which is, in my opinion, a grave bug. Regards, Martin -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages sudo depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libpam-modules 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam0g 0.79-3.1 Pluggable Authentication Modules l sudo recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
