> Since the /etc/hosts file can also contain aliases, the ideaL way would > seem to be to make use of that. Example: > 192.168.x.z localhost.localdomain localhost > You are right, this solves the problem of the DNS lookup / X seconds delay to run sudo even with a buggy DNS server: root@localhost:~# head -1 /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain Should be on debian by default in my opinion. x9p