1. MCC's Components

1. MCC's Components
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The Mandriva Linux Control Center (MCC) enables the system administrator to configure the hardware and the services used by all users in a friendly way.

Access the Mandriva Linux Control Center through the main menu (Tools → System Tools → Configure Your Computer). As with all system configuration tools under Linux, you must provide the system administrator's password.

	Text Mode Configuration
	Some of the Mandriva Linux Control Center components are also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf.

	Tool Availability
	Some of the Control Center tools will be shown only when they are actually installed on the system.

Figure 6.1. The Network Sharing Section of the Control Center

Here are some of the available menu entries:

Options → Display Logs. When activated this option displays a Mandriva Linux Tools Logs window. It shows all system modifications made by the configuration tools launched from within Mandriva Linux Control Center.
Help → Help. Opens the help browser which displays documentation about the active configuration tool.
Help → Release Notes and Help → Errata. Opens the web browser displaying the release notes and errata for your Mandriva Linux system. Here you may find tips for solving issues with certain hardware.
Help → Report Bug. Allows you to report a bug to the development team. See Section 2, “Raise an Issue”.

The tools are sorted into categories. The following table lists them all and refers to the corresponding sections of this manual.

Table 6.1. Overview of Graphical Tools

Software Management	Chapter 7, Package Management
Online Administration	Chapter 8, Controlling a Remote Machine
Hardware	Section 1, “Configuring Your Hardware”
	Sound Configuration: use this tool to configure your sound card: switch from one driver to another, and other options related to the PulseAudio sound server.
	Section 2, “Configuring a 3D Desktop”
	Section 3, “Controlling the Graphical Configuration”
	Section 4, “Changing Your Keyboard Layout”
	Section 5, “Changing Your Mouse”
	Section 6, “Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake”
	Section 7, “Installing and Sharing Scanners”
	Section 8, “Configuring a Fax Server”
	Section 9, “Setting up your UPS”
Network & Internet	Section 1, “Network and Internet Connection Management”
	Section 2, “Proxies Configuration”
	Section 4, “Sharing an Internet Connection”
	Section 3, “Activating and Managing Network Profiles”
	Configure VPN Connections: Allows you to setup a Virtual Private Network with a remote VPN server. Protocols supported are Cisco VPN Concentrator and OpenVPN.
	Manage host definitions: If you have fixed IP addresses on your network, this tool allows you to associate names to those IPs, easier to remember.
System	Select the authentication method: Allows you to change the way users are authenticated on your computer. If you select a method other than Local file, you have to provide parameters which vary from one method to the other: ask your network administrator.
	Menu style configuration: This utility allows you to switch the menu style from the “Original” one, to the more complete “Mandriva” one.
	Section 1, “Configuring Start-Up Services”
	Section 2, “Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont”
	Section 3, “Setting your Machine's Date and Time”
	Select the language and the country or region: This utility allows you to switch the main language of the system, as well as local settings. First choose the language to be used, then the country or region.
	Section 4, “Monitoring System Activity”
	Section 5, “Access to the Console”
	Section 6, “Managing Users and Groups”
	Section 8, “Import Windows^® Settings and Documents”
	Section 7, “Backing Up and Restoring your Files”
Network Sharing	Section 1, “Importing Remote SMB Directories”
	Manage Samba configuration: This tool allows you to manage the folders and printers of your machine shared with Windows ^® machines on the local network. It also allows you to manage Samba users for share access control.
	Section 2, “Importing Remote NFS Directories”
	Manage NFS Shares: Allows you to create and maintain shares to be mounted by other UNIX ^® machines on the local network.
	Section 3, “Setting up WebDAV Mount Points”. This utility allows you to mount remote WebDAV directories.
Local Disks	Section 1, “Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake”
	Section 2, “Managing Removable Devices”
	Section 3, “Allowing Users to Share Folders”
Security	Section 1, “Securing your Machine with DrakSec”
	Section 2, “Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm”
	Section 3, “Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall”
	Section 4, “Network Interface and Firewall Failover”
Boot	Section 1, “Configuring the Login Mode”
	Section 2, “Changing Your Boot-up Configuration”
	Display manager chooser: allows you to choose the graphical display manager for users to log onto the machine. Basically, all display managers offer the same features, it's only a question of taste.
	Section 3, “Customizing your Boot Theme”

	Note
	Some other categories and tools appear if the drakwizard package is installed. The documentation for those server wizards is available in the Server Administration Guide. Those wizards enable you to do basic configuration of common LAN services such as web, FTP, mail and database servers.