2. MCC's Components

2. MCC's Components
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The Mandriva Linux Control Center (MCC) allows 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.

Figure 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 and displays 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 4, “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 1. Overview of Graphical Tools

Software Management	Chapter 1, Package Management
Online Administration	???
Hardware	Section 2.2, “Configuring Your Hardware”
	Section 2.1, “Sound System Configuration”
	Section 2.3, “Configuring a 3D Desktop”
	Section 2.4, “Controlling the Graphical Configuration”
	Section 2.5, “Changing Your Keyboard Layout”
	Section 2.6, “Changing Your Mouse”
	Section 2.7, “Configuring Printers”
	Section 2.8, “Installing and Sharing Scanners”
	Section 2.9, “Configuring a Fax Server”
	Section 2.10, “Setting up your UPS”
Network & Internet	Section 3.1, “Network and Internet Connection Management”
	Section 3.2, “Proxies Configuration”
	Section 3.3, “Sharing an Internet Connection”
	Section 3.5, “Activating and Managing Network Profiles”
	Section 3.6, “Configure VPN Connections”
	Section 3.7, “Manage Hosts Definitions”
System	Section 4.1, “Users Authentication”
	Section 4.2, “Menu Style”
	Section 4.3, “Configuring Start-Up Services”
	Section 4.4, “Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont”
	Section 4.5, “Setting your Machine's Date and Time”
	Section 4.6, “System Localization”
	Section 4.7, “Monitoring System Activity”
	Section 4.8, “Access to the Console”
	Section 4.9, “Managing Users and Groups”
	Section 4.10, “Import Windows^® Settings and Documents”
	Section 4.11, “Backing Up and Restoring your Files”
	Section 4.12, “System Snapshots”
Network Sharing	Section 5.1, “Importing Remote SMB Directories”
	Section 5.2, “Samba Shares Managements”
	Section 5.3, “Importing Remote NFS Directories”
	Section 5.4, “Share Drives and Folders using NFS”
	Section 5.5, “Setting up WebDAV Mount Points”.
Local Disks	Section 6.1, “Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake”
	Section 6.2, “Managing Removable Devices”
	Section 6.3, “Allowing Users to Share Folders”
Security	Section 7.1, “Securing your Machine with DrakSec”
	Section 7.2, “Setting up Rights Delegation”
	Section 7.3, “Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall”
	Section 7.4, “Network Interface and Firewall Failover”
	Section 7.5, “Parental Controls”
Boot	Section 8.1, “Configuring the Login Mode”
	Section 8.2, “Changing your Boot-up Configuration”
	Section 8.3, “Display Manager Setup”

	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.

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