sudo takes long time to prompt password

Question

I am facing little issue in sudo command. Whatever I try with sudo command it takes huge time to prompt password.

can anyone please tell me what might be the case. commands like

sudo apt-get update
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl start redis

password prompt used to come in 1ms, now it's taking approximately 10 seconds. I don't know the exact time, it's taking. — abinas patra, Oct 05 '21 at 12:37
haha, but is there any way to know this, why it's taking little time. — abinas patra, Oct 05 '21 at 12:48
It may be related to hostname resolution - see for example Terminal command with sudo takes a long time. Have you made any changes to hostname / hosts / nsswitch? — steeldriver, Oct 05 '21 at 12:49

vahidrnaderi · Answer 1 · 2023-10-16T13:45:05.590

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It's because your hostname is not in your /etc/hosts file.

Find your hostname with one of below commands in terminal:

$ hostname

or

$ hostnamectl | grep -i "static hostname"

and then open your file with typing:

$ sudo vim /etc/hosts

and write below line in it and save it:

127.0.0.1 YourHostName

edited Oct 16 '23 at 13:45

answered Oct 16 '23 at 13:43

vahidrnaderi

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