Re: very basic about initial install

reader@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Tony Arnold <tony.arnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Not sure what you were trying to do here. The usual way is to type the
word sudo followed by the command you want to execute as root. It then
prompts you for your own password. Subsequent use of sudo within some
time limit will not need your password again.


Maybe you didn't notice that I posted the exact details of what I did
which as far as I know is exactly what you call the `usual' way.

It never gets to the prompting for password part. Instead an error
occurs which says my machine cannot be resolved.

But lets drop this since I've deleted that attempt and am now running
the server version which does not have all liabilities of the desktop
version.

Don't mean to sound rude and thanks for you input.



Your more than likely to have the same issue with the server as this is
a VM/sudo/upgrade problem and is very well known.

For example,

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sudo/+bug/32906

There are a number of solutions in the forums which pretty much say;

make sure that in the /etc/hosts file 127.0.1.1 points to your hostname
(same as in the file /etc/hostname). Hostname of the VM not the real
machine.

There are many ways to get there 'gksu gedit /etc/hosts',

Menu > System > Administration > Network > Hosts

And of course the above mentioned recovery (single user) mode from the
grub menu.

HTH

Dave


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