Mandrakelinux Control Center (MCC) is Mandrakelinux's main configuration tool. It enables the system administrator to configure the hardware and the services used by all users. The tools accessible through the Mandrakelinux Control Center greatly simplify the use of the system, particularly by avoiding the use of the “evil” command line.
You will find this icon in your window manager panel.
You can also access the Mandrakelinux Control Center through the main menu ( + -> ).
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Mandrakelinux Control Center is also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf. |
We will detail some of the available menu entries:
Tools Logs window. It shows all system modifications made by the configuration tools launched from within the Mandrakelinux Control Center.
-> . When activated this option displays a-> . This will open the help browser which will display documentation about the active configuration tool.
The tools are sorted into categories. The following table lists all the tools it contains as well as references to the corresponding sections of this manual.
Table 1. Overview of Graphical Tools
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Another category, Server Wizards, appears if the drakwizard package is installed. The documentation for those wizards is available on-disk or in the Server Administration Guide. It contains wizards which enable you to do basic configuration of common LAN services, as well as web and FTP servers. The same happens with the Online Administration category which appears only 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 9, Controlling a Remote Machine. |