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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Launching the MCC 3 Summary of the MCC Administration Tools 3.1 Software Management 3.2 Online Administration 3.3 Hardware 3.4 Network & Internet 3.5 System 3.6 Network Sharing 3.7 Local Disks 3.8 Security 3.9 Boot

Introduction

The Mandriva Control Center (or MCC) is unique to the Mandriva Linux distribution. It is the central control / configuration tool for your Mandriva system. Using the MCC allows you to configure all of the major aspects of your system, making use of a simple and straight forward graphical interface. It's the power of this interface that makes it easy for people, who don't know anything about the Linux command line, to administer and maintain their Mandriva systems.

Launching the MCC

You can find the Mandriva Control Center by clicking the application launch button on your toolbar and navigate to Tools -> System Tools and click on Configure Your Computer.

You can also launch the MCC from the command line. To do this, enter drakconf at the command prompt.

If you are not signed in as the Root (or Super User), you will be asked to type in your administrator password. Once you've done this, you will then see the MCC main menu.

Down the left hand column of the window, you will see a list of administration-type categories. By clicking on any one of these tabs, you will then be presented with the different icons to the right, used to launch the applications relating to the category. Clicking on them will launch the application.

Summary of the MCC Administration Tools

Here is a list of the different administration tasks you can do through the MCC:

Software Management

* Install and Remove Software - Allows you to easily add and remove software applications to and from your Mandriva system.

* Update your system - Provides you with an easy way to update the software already installed on your Mandriva system with the latest versions available.

* Configure media sources for install and upgrade - Helps you manage the list of software repositories your Mandriva system uses to install and upgrade applications.

* Package stats - Provides a summary report on the applications you've recently used on your system.

Online Administration

* Remote Control (Linux/Unix, Windows) - Helps you connect remotely to other systems on a network.

Hardware

* Browse and configure hardware - Provides you with information on the hardware installed on your system and an easy way to configure certain settings.

* Sound Configuration - Helps you set-up your system's sound driver(s).

* Configure 3D Desktop effects - Installs and configures the two enhanced desktop environments, Compiz_Fusion and Metisse, that are supported by Mandriva.

* Set up the graphical server - Helps you configure your Xorg graphical desktop environment.

* Set up the keyboard layout - Allows for easy configuration of your keyboard / language settings.

* Set up the pointer device (mouse, touchpad) - Allows for easy configuration of your mouse and other desktop pointing devices.

* Set up the printer(s), the print job queues - Provides an easy interface to configure printers attached to your system and the CUPs print spooler.

* Set up scanner - A tool to help configure the SANE scanner interface.

* Set up a UPS for power monitoring - Helps you install and configure monitoring tools for a UPS device.

Network & Internet

* Network Center - Shows you the network devices currently configured on your system and provides some configuration tools to manage them.

* Set up a new network interface - Walks you through the configuration of a new network device that has been installed on your system.

* Remove a connection - Is a tool to help remove old network devices / configurations from your system.

* Proxy -

* Share the Internet connection with other local machines -

* Manage different network profiles -

* Configure VPN connection to secure network access -

* Host definitions -

System

* Authentication -

* Menu Style -

* Manage system services by enabling or disabling them -

* Manage, add and remove fonts. Import Windows(TM) fonts -

* Manage date and time -

* Manage localization for your system -

* View and search system logs -

* Open a console as administrator -

* Manage users on system -

* Import Windows(TM) documents and settings -

* Backups -

* Snapshots -

Network Sharing

* Access Windows(SMB) shared drives and directories -

* Share drives and directories with Windows (SMB) systems -

* Access NFS shared drives and directories -

* Share drives and directories using NFS -

* Access WebDAV shared drives and directories -

Local Disks

* Manage disk partitions -

* Share your hard disk partitions -

Security

* Set up security level and audit -

* Tune permissions on system -

* Set up your personal firewall -

* Advanced setup for network interfaces and firewall -

* Parental Controls -

Boot

* Set up autologin to automatically log in -

* Set up boot system -

* Set up display manager -

* Set up boot graphical theme of system -