Set up htaccess permissions in ubuntu 14.04

We need to enable mod_rewrite

sudo a2enmod rewrite 

Then we need to restart Apache using following command

sudo service apache2 restart 

Then add following lines to /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

<Directory "/var/www">

   Options FollowSymLinks 

   AllowOverride All
</Directory>

My apache directory is "/var/www" if yours is different change it to taste

Restart Apache again

sudo service apache2 restart 

Debian/Linux/Ubuntu-Configure Postfix to use Gmail

Configure Postfix to use Gmail

Install necessary packages first

 sudo apt-get install postfix mailutils libsasl2-2 ca-certificates libsasl2-modules  

 Configure Postfix using

 sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix  

Navigate to Postfix Directory

 cd /etc/postfix  

Open Postfix config file using following command

 sudo gedit main.cf  

Add following lines to it

 relayhost = [smtp.gmail.com]:587  
 smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes  
 smtp_sasl_password_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/sasl_passwd  
 smtp_sasl_security_options = noanonymous  
 smtp_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/cacert.pem  
 smtp_use_tls = yes  

Now we need to create a file called sasl_passwd

 sudo vi /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd  

Add the following line to the same

 [smtp.gmail.com]:587  USERNAME@gmail.com:PASSWORD  

Configure permissions for sasl_passwd

 sudo chmod 400 /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd  
 sudo postmap /etc/postfix/sasl_passwd  

Validate Certificates

 cat /etc/ssl/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem | sudo tee -a /etc/postfix/cacert.pem  

Reload Postfix

 sudo /etc/init.d/postfix reload  

Test Mail from Terminal

 echo "Test mail from postfix" | mail -s "Test Postfix" you@example.com  

Copy of my php.ini mail section

 SMTP = ssl://smtp.gmail.com  
 smtp_port = 587  
 auth_username = usrname  
 auth_password = pwd  
 sendmail_from = from_mail  

Ubuntu Unity Indicators Missing-Power,Time,Shutdown

If you are in a mess with unity and some of your indicators have vanished here is a some commands to bring them back

For Shutdown and user profile use following command

sudo apt-get install indicator-session

for  Time use

sudo apt-get install indicator-datetime

For Battery and Power use 

sudo apt-get install indicator-power

Ubuntu-Unity Issues-Font Issues-Dash Home not Finding Applications

Recently I went through this error during Ubuntu update to version 12

A text of white on white was appearin also Dash Home was not finding applications.The result was due to corrupted Unity User Interface.

To correct the same I ran following 2 commands from Terminal

rm ~/.cache/software-center -R

which sorted out my issue of ubuntu sodtware center not running

and then

unity --reset &

which told me to do a complete reinstall of unity via following command

sudo apt-get install unity