[ubuntu users] Strange new Information--Question 2

[Rashkae]

Ted Hilts wrote:

> directory as in "sudo mkdir /media/sdc1/...." the message "Cannot 
> identify host" is generated and then and the directory is created.  A 
> typical directory creation would be:
> 
> "sudo mkdir /media/sdc1/SB_EXPORTS/UBUNTU-EXPORTS-Aug-wk04-2009"
> 
> This strange informational message recently started to occur where 
> before there was no message at all.
> 
> I am wondering if there has been some syntax changes regarding "mkdir" 
> that require some reference to the host.
> 
> 
> Any insight on this phenomena would be appreciated.
> 

The message is generated by sudo, not mkdir, and indicates a mismatch
between your hostname (found in /etc/hostname) and the contents of your
/etc/hosts file, which should have a 127.0.1.1 entry with that hostname,
as well as an alias for 127.0.0.1 localhost.

Ex:, since my hostname is Horo, my hosts file includes:

127.0.0.1       localhost Horo
127.0.1.1       Horo