Mandriva Linux 2006

DrakXTools User Manual

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Camille Bégnis, Christian Roy, Fabian Mandelbaum, Roberto Rosselli del Turco, Marco De Vitis, Alice Lafox, John Rye, Wolfgang Bornath, Funda Wang, Patricia Pichardo Bégnis, Debora Rejnharc Mandelbaum, Mickael Scherer, Jean-Michel Dault, Lunas Moon, Céline Harrand, Fred Lepied, Pascal Rigaux, Thierry Vignaud, Giuseppe Ghibò, Stew Benedict, Francine Suzon, Indrek Madedog Triipus, Nicolas Berdugo, Thorsten Kamp, Fabrice Facorat, Xiao Ming, Snature , Guylhem Aznar, Pavel Maryanov, Annie Tétrault, Aurelio Marinho Jargas, Felipe Arruda, Marcia Gawlak Hoshi, Bob Rye, Jean-Luc Borie, Roberto Patriarca.
by Mandriva Documentation Team.

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2005-08-31


Table of Contents

Preface
1. About Mandriva Linux
1.1. Contacting the Mandriva Linux Community
1.2. Join the Club!
1.3. Subscribing to Mandriva Online
1.4. Purchasing Mandriva Products
1.5. Contributing to Mandriva Linux
2. MCC's Components
3. Note from the Editor
4. Conventions Used in this Book
4.1. Typing Conventions
4.2. General Conventions
5. Managing Configuration Profiles
5.1. Profile Handling
5.2. Choosing a Profile at Boot Time
6. The Drakbug Reporting Tool
1. Package Management through Rpmdrake
1. Install Software
1.1. Selecting Packages to Install
1.2. Searching Packages
2. Remove Software
3. Mandriva Linux Update
4. The Software Media Manager
2. Controlling a Remote Machine
1. Concepts
2. Installation and Setup
2.1. Controlled Computer Setup
2.2. Controlling Computer Setup
3. Connecting to a Windows® Terminal Server
4. Remote Control in Action
5. More Documentation
3. “Hardware” Section
1. Configuring your Hardware
1.1. Hardware Detection and Configuration
1.2. Problems/Troubleshooting
2. Controlling the Graphical Configuration
2.1. Changing the Monitor
2.2. Changing Resolution
2.3. Controlling All Video Parameters
3. Setting up a TV Card with DrakxTV
4. Changing your Keyboard Layout
5. Changing your Mouse
6. Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake
6.1. Initial Configuration
6.2. The Printer Management Interface
6.3. Print Server General Configuration
6.4. The Printer Configuration Wizard
6.5. Reconfiguring an Existing Printer
6.6. Expert Mode
7. Installing and Using Scanners
7.1. Configuring your Scanner
7.2. Using Image Acquisition Software
7.3. Advanced Configuration
7.4. Other Scanner Interface Software
8. Setting up your UPS
4. “Network & Internet” Section
1. Network and Internet Connection Management
1.1. Set Up a New Network Interface
1.2. Internet Settings
1.3. Reconfigure Interfaces
1.4. Monitoring Connections
1.5. Removing a Connection
1.6. Proxy Settings
1.7. Wireless Connection Management
2. Internet Connection Sharing
2.1. The Gateway Connection Wizard
2.2. Configuring the Clients
5. “System” Section
1. Customizing your Menus with MenuDrake
1.1. Adding a New Menu Entry
1.2. Advanced Features
2. Configuring Start-Up Services
3. Managing Available Fonts on your System with DrakFont
4. Setting your Machine's Date and Time
5. Monitoring System Activity and Status
5.1. Browsing System Logs
5.2. Setting up Mail Alerts
6. Access to the Console
7. Managing Users and Groups
7.1. The Interface
7.2. Adding a New User
8. Backing Up and Restoring your Files
8.1. A Practical Example Using the Wizard
8.2. Restoring Backups
8.3. Automating Periodic Backups
8.4. Advanced Backup Wizard Configuration
6. Mount Points and Remote Directories
1. Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake
1.1. The Interface
1.2. DiskDrake's action buttons
1.3. Resizing an Old Partition and Creating a New One
2. Managing Removable Devices
3. Importing Remote SMB Directories
4. Importing Remote NFS Directories
5. Allowing Users to Share Folders
6. Setting up WebDAV Mount Points
7. “Security” Section
1. Securing your Machine through DrakSec
1.1. Setting your Security Level
1.2. Customizing a Security Level
2. Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm
3. Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall
8. “Boot” Section
1. Configuring the Login Mode
2. Changing your Boot-up Configuration
2.1. Configuring the Bootloader
2.2. Managing Boot Entries
3. Customizing your Boot Theme
Index

List of Figures

1. The Control Center's Main Window
2. The Control Center's Profile Menu
3. Associating a Profile to a Boot Entry
4. Reporting a Bug
1.1. Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center
1.2. The Software Package Installation interface
1.3. Rpmdrake — dependency alert box
1.4. Rpmdrake — package alternatives
1.5. The “Software Media Manager
1.6. Rpmdrake — adding Media
1.7. Rpmdrake — managing keys
1.8. Rpmdrake — configuring a proxy
2.1. Server Options
2.2. Viewer Options
2.3. Windows Terminal Services Options
2.4. Controlling a Remote Computer
3.1. Selected Device
3.2. Choosing a New Monitor
3.3. Changing the Resolution of your Screen
3.4. XFdrake Main Window
3.5. Choosing the TV Card Model
3.6. Choosing the TV Norm and Country
3.7. Choosing a Different Keyboard Layout
3.8. Choosing a Different Mouse
3.9. Activate Printing
3.10. Activating Network Printers
3.11. A New Printer Is Detected
3.12. Managing Printers
3.13. CUPS Printer Server Configuration
3.14. Client Mode Configuration
3.15. Printer Type
3.16. Choosing the Printer Model
3.17. Choosing a Name for your Printer
3.18. Configuring the Printer's Options
3.19. Testing the Printer
3.20. Modifying an Existing Printer
3.21. Configuring a Remote Printer
3.22. Installing your Scanner
3.23. The Tree-list of All Known Scanner Models
3.24. Acquiring Images with xscanimage
3.25. Sharing Scanners within a LAN
3.26. XSane Multiple Windows
3.27. Kooka's Main Window
3.28. Kooka's Configuration Window
3.29. DrakUPS Setup
3.30. Selecting the Manufacturer and Model
3.31. Name, Device and Port Names
4.1. DrakConnect Tools
4.2. Setting Primary Static LAN Connection Parameters
4.3. Setting the DNS and Gateway IP Addresses
4.4. Setting the ADSL Connection Parameters
4.5. Entering Dial-up Connection Parameters
4.6. Configuring the Internet Access
4.7. Manage Network Connections
4.8. Real-Time Network Connection Monitoring
4.9. A Simple Gateway Configuration
4.10. Configuring The LAN
4.11. Configuring a Client to Use DHCP
5.1. Launching MenuDrake in System or User Mode
5.2. MenuDrake's Main Window
5.3. Adding a New Menu Entry
5.4. A New Menu Entry with MenuDrake
5.5. Choosing a Menu Style
5.6. Choosing the Services Available at Boot Time
5.7. DrakFont's Main Window
5.8. Changing Date and Time
5.9. Browsing and Searching through System Logs
5.10. Setting up a Mail Alert: Services
5.11. Setting up a Mail Alert: Load
5.12. Setting up a Mail Alert: Recipient
5.13. The User List in UserDrake
5.14. Adding a New User in the System
5.15. Adding Users to a Group
5.16. Selecting What to Backup
5.17. Selecting Where to Store the Backup
5.18. Setting Optical Media Parameters
5.19. Review Configuration Parameters
5.20. Choosing the Restore Type to Perform
5.21. Daemon Options Window
5.22. Miscellaneous Options Window
6.1. DiskDrake's Main Window
6.2. The /home Partition Before Resizing
6.3. Choosing a New Size
6.4. Defining the New Partition
6.5. The New Partition Table
6.6. Confirming the Writing of the Partition Table
6.7. Changing a Parameter
6.8. Scanning the Whole Network
6.9. Authenticating on a Remote Samba Server
6.10. Choosing the Remote Directory to Import
6.11. Controlling Exports
6.12. Choosing the Export Protocol
6.13. Managing WebDAV Mounts Points
6.14. WebDAV Menu
7.1. Choosing the Security Level of your System
7.2. Modifying Standard Options
7.3. Configuring File-Permission Checks
7.4. Adding a File-Permissions Rule
7.5. The DrakFirewall Window
7.6. The Internet Interface
8.1. Choosing the Login Mode
8.2. Choosing the Boot Mode
8.3. DrakBoot Theme Window

List of Tables

1. Overview of Graphical Tools