Mandriva Linux 2009

DrakXTools User Manual

by NeoDoc, Camille Bégnis, Christian Roy, Fabián Mandelbaum, Roberto Rosselli del Turco, Marcus Duarte, Marco De Vitis, Alice Lafox, John Rye, Wolfgang Bornath, Funda Wang, Patricia Pichardo Bégnis, Debora Rejnharc Mandelbaum, Raphaël Jadot, Pascal Rigaux, Thierry Vignaud, Giuseppe Ghibò, Pavel Maryanov, Felipe Arruda, André Machado, Laura Sebrie, Johanna Mistretta, Denis Philippov, Kasparas Adomaitis, Mario Gonzalez.
by http://www.mandriva.com,
Mandriva Documentation Team.

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October 2008


Preface
1. About Mandriva Linux
1.1. Contacting Mandriva Linux Community
1.2. Joining Mandriva Community
1.3. Purchasing Mandriva Products
1.4. Contributing to Mandriva Linux
2. MCC's Components
3. Conventions Used in this Book
3.1. Typing Conventions
3.2. General Conventions
4. Raise an Issue
1. Package Management
1.1. Adding and Removing Software
1.1.1. Meet Rpmdrake
1.1.2. Handling Dependencies
1.2. Updating Packages
1.3. The Software Media Manager
1.4. Package Statistics
2. Controlling a Remote Machine
2.1. Concepts
2.2. Installation and Setup
2.2.1. Controlled Computer Setup
2.2.2. Controlling Computer Setup
2.3. Connecting to a Windows® Terminal Server
2.4. Remote Control in Action
2.5. More Documentation
3. “Hardware” Section
3.1. Sound System Configuration
3.1.1. Changing Drivers
3.1.2. Other Sound Options
3.2. Configuring Your Hardware
3.2.1. Hardware Detection and Configuration
3.2.2. Problems and Troubleshooting
3.3. Configuring a 3D Desktop
3.3.1. Metisse
3.3.2. Compiz Fusion
3.3.3. No 3D desktop effects
3.4. Controlling the Graphical Configuration
3.4.1. XFdrake Interface
3.4.2. Changing the Monitor
3.4.3. Changing the Resolution
3.5. Changing Your Keyboard Layout
3.6. Changing Your Mouse
3.7. Configuring Printers
3.7.1. Adding a Printer
3.7.2. Changing Printer Configuration
3.8. Installing and Sharing Scanners
3.8.1. Main Interface and Scanner Installation
3.8.2. Share your Scanner
3.9. Configuring a Fax Server
3.10. Setting up your UPS
4. “Network & Internet” Section
4.1. Network and Internet Connection Management
4.1.1. Setting up a New Network Interface
4.1.2. Network Center: Reconfiguring and Monitoring Network Interfaces
4.1.3. Monitoring Connections
4.1.4. Reconfiguring a Network Interface
4.2. Proxies Configuration
4.3. Sharing an Internet Connection
4.3.1. The Gateway Connection Wizard
4.3.2. Disable Connection Sharing
4.3.3. Configuring the Clients
4.4. Managing Wireless Connections (Roaming)
4.4.1. Switching Networks
4.4.2. Configuring a Wireless Connection
4.5. Activating and Managing Network Profiles
4.5.1. Profile Handling
4.6. Configure VPN Connections
4.7. Manage Hosts Definitions
4.8. Firewall Black/White Lists, etc.
4.8.1. Enabling and Accessing Interactive Firewall Feature
4.8.2. Monitoring and Managing Intrusions
5. “System” Section
5.1. Users Authentication
5.2. Menu Style
5.3. Configuring Start-Up Services
5.4. Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont
5.5. Setting your Machine's Date and Time
5.6. System Localization
5.7. Monitoring System Activity
5.7.1. Browsing System Logs
5.7.2. Setting up Mail Alerts
5.8. Access to the Console
5.9. Managing Users and Groups
5.9.1. The Interface
5.9.2. Adding a New User
5.9.3. Guest account
5.10. Import Windows® Settings and Documents
5.11. Backing Up and Restoring your Files
5.11.1. A Practical Example Using the Wizard
5.11.2. Restoring Backups
5.11.3. Automating Periodic Backups
5.11.4. Advanced Backup Wizard Configuration
5.12. System Snapshots
5.12.1. What to Backup
5.12.2. Where to Backup
6. Network Sharing
6.1. Importing Remote SMB Directories
6.2. Samba Shares Managements
6.2.1. Basic Server Setup
6.2.2. Samba User Management
6.2.3. File Sharing Settings
6.2.4. Printer Sharing Settings
6.3. Importing Remote NFS Directories
6.4. Share Drives and Folders using NFS
6.5. Setting up WebDAV Mount Points
7. Local Disks
7.1. Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake
7.1.1. The Interface
7.1.2. DiskDrake's Action Buttons
7.1.3. Resizing an Old Partition and Creating a New One
7.2. Managing Removable Devices
7.3. Allowing Users to Share Folders
8. “Security” Section
8.1. Securing your Machine with DrakSec
8.1.1. Setting your Security Level
8.1.2. Customizing a Security Level
8.1.3. Setting up your own Permissions
8.2. Setting up Rights Delegation
8.3. Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall
8.3.1. Choosing Services to be Available from Outside
8.3.2. Activating Interactive Firewall Feature
8.3.3. Which Interface(s) to Protect
8.4. Network Interface and Firewall Failover
8.4.1. Network Redundancy Configuration
8.4.2. Firewall Replication Configuration
8.5. Parental Controls
8.5.1. Defining Main Options
8.5.2. Scheduling a Timeframe
8.5.3. Using the Blacklist
8.5.4. Using the Whitelist
9. “Boot” Section
9.1. Configuring the Login Mode
9.2. Changing your Boot-up Configuration
9.2.1. Configuring the Bootloader
9.2.2. Managing Boot Entries
9.3. Display Manager Setup
Index

List of Figures

1. The Network Sharing Section of the Control Center
2. Reporting a Bug
1.1. Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center
1.2. Rpmdrake Interface
1.3. Dependency Alert Box
1.4. Alternative Packages
1.5. Updating Packages
1.6. Configured Software Media
1.7. Adding a Custom Package Repository Medium
1.8. Package Repository Authentication Key Management
1.9. Specifying a Proxy for Remote Media
1.10. The Main Package Stats Window
2.1. Server Options
2.2. Viewer Options
2.3. Windows Terminal Services Options
2.4. Controlling a Remote Computer
3.1. Sound Configuration Main Window
3.2. Selected Device
3.3. Activating 3D Desktop Effects
3.4. XFdrake Main Window
3.5. Choosing a New Monitor
3.6. Changing the Resolution of Your Screen
3.7. Choosing a Different Keyboard Layout
3.8. Choosing a Different Mouse
3.9. Automatically Detected Printer
3.10. Choosing Printer Driver
3.11. Printer Description
3.12. Available Printers
3.13. Windows System Printer Setup
3.14. Installing your Scanner
3.15. The Tree-list of All Known Scanner Models
3.16. Sharing Scanners within a LAN
3.17. Fax Server Hardware Options
3.18. Fax Server System Options
4.1. Network Configuration and Monitoring Tools
4.2. Setting Static LAN Connection Parameters
4.3. Setting the DSL Connection Protocol
4.4. Entering Dial-up Connection Parameters
4.5. Real-Time Network Connection Monitoring
4.6. Changing Network Parameters
4.7. Proxy Server Settings
4.8. A Simple Gateway Configuration
4.9. Configuring the LAN
4.10. Configuring a Client to Use DHCP
4.11. DrakRoam's Interface
4.12. Changing Wireless Network Configuration
4.13. The Network Profiles Interface
4.14. Modifying Drakhost Main Window
4.15. Interactive Firewall Window
5.1. Authentication Window
5.2. Choosing the Services Available at Boot Time
5.3. DrakFont's Main Window
5.4. Changing Date and Time
5.5. Selecting the Language of the System
5.6. Browsing and Searching through System Logs
5.7. Setting up a Mail Alert: Services
5.8. Setting up a Mail Alert: Load
5.9. Setting up a Mail Alert: Recipient
5.10. The User List in UserDrake
5.11. Adding a New User in the System
5.12. Adding Users to a Group
5.13. Main Backup Wizard Window
5.14. Selecting What to Backup
5.15. Selecting Where to Store the Backup
5.16. Setting Optical Media Parameters
5.17. Review Configuration Parameters
5.18. Backup Progress Dialog
5.19. Choosing the Restore Type to Perform
5.20. Daemon Options Window
5.21. Miscellaneous Options Window
5.22. Draksnapshot Main Window
5.23. Including and Excluding Files and Folders From the Snapshot
6.1. Scanning the Whole Network
6.2. DrakSamba Main Interface
6.3. Standalone Samba Server
6.4. Workgroup and Server Names
6.5. User Level Security Mode
6.6. File Server Banner
6.7. Per-Client Small Log File Setting
6.8. The DrakNFS Main Window
6.9. Managing WebDAV Mount Points
6.10. WebDAV Menu
7.1. DiskDrake's Main Window
7.2. Changing a Parameter
7.3. Controlling Exports
8.1. Choosing the Security Level of your System
8.2. Modifying Standard Options
8.3. Configuring File-Permission Checks
8.4. Adding a File-Permissions Rule
8.5. Delegating Rights
8.6. The DrakFirewall Window
8.7. Interactive Firewall Options
8.8. The Internet Interface
8.9. Highly Available Firewall
8.10. The DrakInvictus Window
8.11. Parental Controls Main Window
9.1. Choosing the Login Mode
9.2. Choosing the Boot Mode and Main Options

List of Tables

1. Overview of Graphical Tools

List of Examples

8.1. Allow the Users to Manage Network Connections