It looks into /etc/hosts to map it to an IP. Is tommelise in /etc/hosts? If you do "host tommelise", does it answer with 127.0.0.1?
** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: New => Incomplete -- hostname not recognised in /etc/sudoers https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/234975 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs