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
( + → ).
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Some of the Mandriva Linux Control Center components are also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf. |
Here are some of the available menu entries:
Tools Logs window. It shows all system modifications made by the configuration tools launched from within the Mandriva Linux Control Center.
→ . When activated this option displays a→ . Gives you access to some of the more advanced tools, which are shown in the table below.
→ . Opens the help browser which displays documentation about the active configuration tool.
The tools are sorted into categories. The following table lists them all and refers to the corresponding sections of this manual.
Table 1. Overview of Graphical Tools
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Additionally, the Online Administration category only appears if the rfbdrake package is installed. This tool allows you to take control of a remote host (Linux/UNIX®, Windows®). We cover the usage Rfbdrake in Chapter 2, Controlling a Remote Machine. Some more categories appear if the drakwizard package is installed. The documentation for those wizards is available ondisk as well as 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. |