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These days most servers have more than 1 network interface and thus it is common to route traffic from kvm guests through specific NICs.
My server has 4 NICs and I plan to use eth0 as the default...

Ubunutu uses 2 log rotation mechanisms.

System log files which are configured via /etc/syslog.conf are rotated through /etc/cron.*/sysklogd which in turn uses the perl script...

Thank you for your very concise guide to minidlna.
I needed a dlna server to connect my Raidsonic MB3011 to my Philips TV.
So I mounted the NAS to my Ubuntu Box and stream it with minidlna.
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In the meantime I have filed bug 493961 at ubuntu for that. It is found at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alacarte/+bug/493961 and it describes the misery in full. If you register with...

Problem tracked down:

Today I found out that running gksudo /usr/sbin/synaptic works perfectly.
Obviously there is a difference between gksu and gksudo which is not taken fully into account....

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When I set a root passwd in /etc/shadow the auth dialog from System > Administration > Synaptic Package Center works as expected.
I also tried with a 9.04 Ubuntu Gnome installation and...

The authorization dialog from Ubuntu Software Center allows to pick a user and enter the admin password of that user.
In contrast to that the dialog box from System -> Administration -> ... does...

In Karmic Koala there is a menu entry as I stated
System -> Administration -> Bootup-Manager
The tooltip says: graphical runleve configuration tool
alacarte gives the command line:...

Many system settings require root privileges.
Gnome GUIs then pop up a dialog box asking for the administrative password.
But Ubuntu has no root password by default (which I think is a good...