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2.1. Profile Handling different configuration for home, at the office, the coffee shop, etc. It also allows you to activate different services from one profile to another (see Section 2, Configuring Start-Up Services [276]). 2.1. Profile Handling New profiles you wish to create are based on the active one. All modifications are automatically recorded in the active profile. A single menu (Profiles) lets you manage them. Figure 15.2. The Control Center’s Profile Menu New Creates a new profile based on the active one’s settings. A dialog pops up asking for the name of the new profile. Don’t forget to switch to that profile after creating it. Delete Shows a list of profiles you can remove. The active profile won’t be shown because it can’t be removed while being used. default The entries which follow correspond to all available profiles, the active one being checked. Click on a profile name to switch the host configuration to that profile. Let’s take an example. You come back home with your brand new laptop which your system administrator configured so you can connect to your corporate network. You now want to configure the network to access the Internet from home with a dial-up connection. 1. Create a new profile called Home . 2. Switch to it.

2. Managing Configuration Profiles Section 7, Managing Users and Groups [287] Section 8, Backing Up and Restoring your Files [290] DrakAuth enables you to select the authentication mode to be used to authenticate users on your system. Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center’s expert mode. Section 1, Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake [303] Mount Points Section 2, Managing Removable Devices [308] Section 4, Importing Remote NFS Directories [312] Section 3, Importing Remote SMB Directories [310] Section 6, Setting up WebDAV Mount Points [314]. This utility allows you to mount remote WebDAV directories. Section 5, Allowing Users to Share Folders [312] Section 1, Securing your Machine through DrakSec [317]. Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center’s expert mode. Security Section 2, Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm [320]. Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center’s expert mode. Section 3, Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall [323] Section 1, Configuring the Login Mode [325] Boot Section 2, Changing your Boot-up Configuration [326] Section 3, Customizing your Boot Theme [328] 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 24, Controlling a Remote Machine [341]. 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. 2. Managing Configuration Profiles By default Mandriva Linux Control Center profiles enable you to configure network setups for different locations. This is especially useful for laptops which need a

1. MCC’s Components Table 15.1. Overview of Graphical Tools Software Chapter 16, Package Management through Rpmdrake [209] Management Hard-Section 1, Configuring your Hardware [223] ware Configuration Uploader: allows you to upload your configuration to the Mandriva Online facility in order to benefit from available software updates. Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center’s expert mode. Section 2, Controlling the Graphical Configuration [225] Section 3, Setting up a TV Card with DrakxTV [230] Section 4, Changing your Keyboard Layout [232] Section 5, Changing your Mouse [233] Section 6, Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake [234] Section 3, Installing and Using Scanners [170] Section 7, Setting up your UPS [249] Section 1, Network and Internet Connection Management [253] Network & Internet DrakProxy: enables you to configure a proxy to access the Internet. Section 2, Internet Connection Sharing [265] Section 1, Customizing your Menus with MenuDrake [271] System Display manager chooser: allows 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. Section 2, Configuring Start-Up Services [276] Section 3, Managing Available Fonts on your System with Drak- Font [278] Section 4, Setting your Machine’s Date and Time [280] Section 5, Monitoring System Activity and Status [281] Console: simply opens a terminal to directly enter commands with the administrator account (root).

1. MCC’s Components Options ..Display Logs . When activated this option displays a Tools Logs The tools are sorted into categories. The following table lists them all and refers to the corresponding sections of this manual. window. It shows all system modifications made by the configuration tools launched from within the Mandriva Linux Control Center. Options ..Expert mode . Gives you access to some of the more advanced tools, which are shown in the table below. Profiles . This menu gives you access to the configuration profiles features. We cover this topic in Section 2, Managing Configuration Profiles [204]. Help ..Help . Opens the help browser which displays documentation about the active configuration tool. Help ..Report Bug . See Section 3, The Drakbug Reporting Tool [206]. Allows you to report a bug to the development team.

Chapter 15. Introduction to the Mandriva Linux Control Center 1. MCC’s Components 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 (Sys tem + Configuration . Configure Your Computer ). Some of the Mandriva Linux Control Center components are also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf. Figure 15.1. The Control Center’s Main Window Here are some of the available menu entries:

Troubleshooting Finally, Chapter 26, Troubleshooting [357] gives you tips and tricks if something goes wrong: although not exhaustive, this section is undoubtedly very informative and important.

Part 5. Configuring and Fixing your Machine Mandriva Linux Configuration Tools Now that you know how to use your Mandriva Linux system on a daily basis, you surely want to fine-tune your external devices, set up another Internet connection, or install new and secure software. This part explores the following topics: Configuring your Machine In Section 1, MCC’s Components [201], we review the different configuration tools available under Mandriva Linux Control Center, a Mandriva Linuxspecific tool which allows you to set up network printers, manage the fonts on your system, adjust the time and date, back up your data, and much more. We speak briefly about Drakbug, a bug reporting tool in Section 3, The Drakbug Reporting Tool [206]. The chapters which follow present each section of Mandriva Linux Control Center in depth. Package Management In Chapter 16, Package Management through Rpmdrake [209], we show you how to update your software, whether it be for security or bleeding-edge reasons, using the Mandriva Linux Software Manager. You can set up many software sources in order to obtain the packages you really need. If you want to be in sync with Linux’s fast-paced development, this is the way to go. Controlling a Remote Machine In Chapter 24, Controlling a Remote Machine [341], we discuss Rfbdrake which you can use to control remote machines without leaving your desk. This lets you administer remote machines using graphical administration tools. Through Virtual Network Computing (VNC) you are able to solve remote problems easily and even show your users how to troubleshoot themselves. Synchronizing Machines In Chapter 25, Synchronizing Directories Between your Machines [347], we show you how to synchronize a local and a remote machine through DrakSync.

5.6. Erasing CD-RW media 5.6. Erasing CD-RW media Figure 14.31. Setting CD-RW Blanking Options You might want to format your CD-RW media in order to write it with different data. To do so, choose Tools ..Erase CD-RW from the menu (see Figure 14.31, Setting CD-RW Blanking Options [198]). The Erase Type can be set to Fast (the CD-RW is quickly erased in up to 3 minutes); Complete (the CD-RW is completely erased taking up to 90 minutes); and a few options related to multi-session recording are also available. Insert the medium on the CD burner and click the Start button to erase the CD-RW.

5.5. Audio CD Extraction (Ripping) Insert the audio CD to rip tracks from and double click on the drive in the left side of the File Manager. The CD is read and, by default, all tracks are marked to be ripped. Remove the check mark from those you don’t want to rip and click on the gears button to show a dialog to set ripping options (see Figure 14.30, CD Ripping Options [197]). Figure 14.30. CD Ripping Options Review the different ripping options (especially the file naming ones) and once you’re satisfied with your settings click on the Start Ripping button.

5.4. Duplicating a CD 5.4. Duplicating a CD Figure 14.29. Setting Options to Copy a CD Choose Tools .. Copy CD from the menu. Select the number of copies (1 in the example), whether to remove the temporary image or not (yes), the reader and burning devices (automatically set) and click on Start . The source CD is then read, an image of it is made and the target CD is written. 5.5. Audio CD Extraction (Ripping) Make sure that enough temporary space is available. You can check the available space in K3b’s status bar near the right. Bear in mind that each minute of CD- quality digitized uncompressed audio takes a bit more than 10MB of disk space.