MCC's Components

MCC's Components
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Mandrakelinux Control Center (MCC) is Mandrakelinux's main configuration tool. It enables the system administrator to configure the hardware and the services used by all users. The tools accessible through the Mandrakelinux Control Center greatly simplify the use of the system, particularly by avoiding the use of the “evil” command line.

You will find this icon in your window manager panel. You can also access the Mandrakelinux Control Center through the main menu (System+Configuration->Configure your computer).

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	Mandrakelinux Control Center is also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf.

Figure 12.1. The Control Center's Main Window

We will detail some of the available menu entries:

Options->Display Logs. When activated this option displays a Tools Logs window. It shows all system modifications made by the configuration tools launched from within the Mandrakelinux Control Center.
Profiles. This menu gives you access to the configuration profiles features. We cover this topic in the section called “Managing Configuration Profiles”.
Help->Help. This will open the help browser which will display documentation about the active configuration tool.
Help->Report Bug. A window will pop up allowing you to report a bug to the development team. See the section called “The Drakbug Reporting Tool”.

The tools are sorted into categories. The following table lists all the tools it contains as well as references to the corresponding sections of this manual.

Table 12.1. Overview of Graphical Tools

Boot	the section called “Configuring the Login Mode”
	the section called “Changing your Boot-Up Configuration with DrakBoot”
	the section called “Customizing your Boot Theme”
Hardware	the section called “Configuring your Hardware”
	the section called “Controlling the Graphical Configuration”
	the section called “Changing your Keyboard Layout”
	the section called “Changing your Mouse”
	the section called “Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake”
Mount Points	the section called “Managing your Hard Drive Partitions through DiskDrake”
	the section called “Managing Removable Devices”
	the section called “Importing Remote NFS Directories”
	the section called “Importing Remote SMB Directories”
	the section called “Setting up WebDAV Mount Points”This is an experimental utility to mount remote WebDAV directories.
	the section called “Allowing Users to Share Folders”
Network & Internet	the section called “Network and Internet Connection Management”
	DrakProxy: a simple tool which allows you to configure any proxies your computer may need to use to access the Internet.
	the section called “Internet Connection Sharing”
Security	the section called “Securing your Machine through DrakSec”
	the section called “Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm”
	the section called “Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall”
System	the section called “Customizing your Menus with MenuDrake”
	Display manager chooser: DrakeDM enables you to choose the X11 Display Manager for users who graphically log onto the machine. Basically, all display managers offer the same features, it's just a question of taste.
	the section called “Configuring Start-Up Services through DrakXServices”
	the section called “Managing Available Fonts on your System through DrakFont”
	the section called “Setting your Machine's Date and Time”
	the section called “Monitoring System Activity and Status through LogDrake”
	Console: simply opens a terminal to directly enter commands with the administrator account (root).
	the section called “Managing Users and Groups with UserDrake”
	the section called “Backing Up and Restoring your Files with DrakBackup”
Software Management	Chapter 19, Package Management through Rpmdrake

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Another category, Server Wizards, appears if the drakwizard package is installed. The documentation for those wizards is available on-disk or in the Server Administration Guide. It contains wizards which enable you to do basic configuration of common LAN services, as well as web and FTP servers. The same happens with the Online Administration category which appears only if the rfbdrake package is installed. This tool allows you to take control of a remote host (Linux/UNIX^®, Windows^®).

Note

Another category, Server Wizards, appears if the drakwizard package is installed. The documentation for those wizards is available on-disk or in the Server Administration Guide. It contains wizards which enable you to do basic configuration of common LAN services, as well as web and FTP servers.

The same happens with the Online Administration category which appears only if the rfbdrake package is installed. This tool allows you to take control of a remote host (Linux/UNIX^®, Windows^®).