SMTP Auth on Ubuntu with Postfix Problem

Problem: postfix/smtpd[12563]: warning: unknown[192.168.1.126]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: authentication failure
Solution: Change the line that says

MECHANISMS="pam"

in /etc/default/saslauthd to

MECHANISMS="shadow"

Problem: postfix/smtpd[16619]: warning: SASL authentication failure: Password verification failed
Solution: Change /etc/init.d/saslauthd line from

PIDFILE=$RUN_DIR/saslauthd.pid

to

PIDFILE="/var/spool/postfix/var/run/${NAME}/saslauthd.pid"

and set ownership to group sasl then put ther user postfix in group sasl

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HOWTO: Log Apache to MySQL on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

Installing the Software
Run the following commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-log-sql-mysql libapache2-mod-log-sql libapache2-mod-log-sql-ssl

Create DB & User
Run the following commands in MySQL:

CREATE DATABASE apachelogs;
GRANT INSERT,CREATE ON apachelogs.* 
  TO apachelogger@localhost 
  IDENTIFIED BY 'insert_passwd_here';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Add Entry to apache2.conf
Add the following entry to apache2.conf before the VirtualHost settings (commonly before

Include /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/

):

LogSQLLoginInfo mysql://apachelogger:insert_passwd_here@localhost/apachelogs
LogSQLCreateTables on
LogSQLDBParam socketfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
LogSQLTransferLogFormat AabfHhmRSsTUuvI

Modify Each Virtual Host
For each virtual host that you want to log to , add the following line:

LogSQLTransferLogTable this_site_com

where access_log is replaced by any table name; to differentiate many different virtual host, you can use the name of each virtual host here by replacing each dot (’.') with underscore (’_')

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Fixed: DVD Video Only Runs at Fullscreen

If you’re on (), the Multimedia Systems Selector is hidden. You will need to enable this first.

Enabling Multimedia System Selector

  1. Goto System -> Preferences -> Main Menu
  2. Browse to System -> Preferences section
  3. Check the box where it says “Multimedia System Selector”

Changing the Multimedia System Video Output

  1. Goto System -> Preferences -> Multimedia System Selector
  2. Goto Video Tab
  3. Change the Default Output Plugin to “X Window System (No Xv)”
  4. Click OK & Restart Movie Player

Changing the VLC Setting

  1. Goto Settings -> Preferences -> Video -> Output Modules
  2. Check the box that says “Advanced options” at the lower right corner
  3. Change the Video output module to “X11 video output”
  4. Click Save

UPDATE:
Changing the Xine Setting

  1. Right Click -> Settings -> Setup (or Alt+S)
  2. Change “Configuration experience level” to “Expert”
  3. Goto Video and change “Video driver to use” to “xshm”
  4. Click Apply, Close then restart Xine
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