Here's a list of over 20 threads so far on ubuntuforums with posts describing problems caused by this bug:
http://hightechsorcery.com/2008/04/partial-list-ubuntuforums-threads- related-sudo-unable-resolve-host-bug -- sudo shouldn’t ABSOLUTELY NEED to look up the host it’s running on https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/32906 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs