Activity log for bug #1039213

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2012-08-20 20:36:27 Lloyd Dewolf bug added bug
2012-08-20 20:36:56 Lloyd Dewolf description Upon running 'sudo -i' receive error: sudo: unable to resolve host myhostname Warning message appears to be only symptom, ie sudo to root is successful. ENV: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img Also confirmed issue still exists in http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/12.10/alpha-3/quantal-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img POSSIBLE SOLUTION Looks like either need to more generally make 'sudo' use 'localhost' as hostname, or add inserting an entry in '/etc/hosts' for the honstame. Upon running 'sudo -i' receive error: sudo: unable to resolve host myhostname Warning message appears to be only symptom, ie sudo to root is successful. ENV: http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/release/ubuntu-12.04-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img Also confirmed issue still exists in http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/releases/12.10/alpha-3/quantal-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img POSSIBLE SOLUTION Looks like either need to more generally make 'sudo' use 'localhost' as hostname, or add inserting an entry in '/etc/hosts' for the hostname.
2012-09-05 12:26:48 Scott Moser summary sudo: unable to resolve host myhostname cloud-images should contain libnss-myhostname
2012-09-05 12:29:28 Scott Moser cloud-init: status New Triaged
2012-09-05 12:29:30 Scott Moser cloud-init: importance Undecided Wishlist
2019-03-06 22:32:27 Dan Watkins cloud-init: status Triaged Incomplete
2019-05-07 04:17:28 Launchpad Janitor cloud-init: status Incomplete Expired
2023-05-09 21:30:41 James Falcon bug watch added https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/2283