typing in /etc/hosts resulted in an error due to insufficient permission, even when logged in as root.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /etc/hosts bash: /etc/hosts: Permission denied changing my hostname to the same as my username seems to have made a difference in the initial problem, though. Now I am being asked for my administrative password again. I'll see if it stays on reboot. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gksu id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) -- Administration tasks requiring password hangup without asking for password https://launchpad.net/bugs/62706 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
