On Mon 18 Sep 2017 at 17:47:18 -0300, x9p wrote: > > True, we know the OP has a problem with with sudo. What we do not know > > is the hostname he chose during the installation, although it looks like > > it was "localhost" from the second line of > > > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > 127.0.1.1 localhost > > root@localhost:~# cat /etc/hostname > localhost > > > The installer recommends a single word for the hostname. The "single" > > aspect is the result of a number of years of experience and bug reports. > > Although "localhost.localdomain" is not an invalid hostname the OP does > > not appear to have used it. (We have not been given the contents of his > > /etc/hostname explicitly). > > I agree choosing "localhost" is wrong per-RFC. But I have been doing it > for years and stuff never broke. stretch+sudo 1.8.19p1-2.1 is a first. Bad > luck of me. > > > What was the problem with his resolv.conf? Have I missed that? > > Hardcoded company nameserver in /etc/resolv.conf that only works when VPN > is up. VPN was down and problem appeared.
Thank you for expanding on this. You did mention before the nameserver you were using, but I missed the significance. -- Brian.