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1. 7 1 1 Setting your Security Level Expert Tool This tool is only displayed in expert mode Choose Options Expert mode from the menu and then access the Security section of Mandriva Linux Control Center Basic options Network Options System Options Periodic Checks Here you can setup the security level and administrator of your machine The Security Administrator is the one who will receive security alerts if the Security Alerts option is set It can be a username or an email The Security Level menu allows you to select one of the six preconfigured security levels provided with msec These levels range from poor security and ease of use to paranoid config suitable for very sensitive server applications Poor This is a totally unsafe but very easy to use security level It should only be used for machines not connected to any network and that are not accessible to everybody Standard This is the standard security recommended for a computer that will be used to connect to the Internet as a client High There are already some restrictions and more automatic checks are run every night Higher The security is now high enough to use the system as a server which can b Security Level High Security Alerts Security Administrator peter pingus net Ok Cancel Figure 7 1 Choosing the Security Level of your System Choose a Security Level Simply choose the security level you want from the Security Lev
2. If a parameter is not clear to you please refer to the Postfix Configuration Parameters http www postfix org postconf 5 html 101 Chapter 9 Seroer Configuration Wizards 9 5 Samba Server Configuration Samba allows GNU Linux to act as a file and or printer server for Windows machines Even though this wizard can help configure primary and backup domain controllers we will concentrate here on the most common standalone server configuration File Options Help Configure Samba cox Workgroup Samba needs to know the Windows Workgroup it will serve Workgroup GALAXY Netbios name skywalker Cancel Previous Figure 9 3 Choose the Workgroup Enter the workgroup to be served by your Samba server and the server s NetBIOS name figure 9 3 You can either create a new workgroup or choose an existing one please refer to your network administrator if you are unsure Tip A valid NetBIOS name must follow the simple NetBIOS naming rules basically a 1 to 16 character mix of letters numbers and the sign is allowed and be unique ie no other machine should have that same name within the workgroup 102 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help 43 Configure Samba Eas Server Banner The banner is the way this server will be described in the Windows workstations Banner Samba Server v Cancel Previous Figure 9 4 Server Banner Then you have to specify a descriptive
3. This tool allows you to specify Internet access parameters if they need to be modified after your initial configuration Please bear in mind that these parameters are system wide and apply to all interfaces To change the gateway address see Reconfigure Interfaces page 48 50 4 1 3 Reconfigure Interfaces Ele Options Help b Na Manage connections Device selected eth0 Realtek Semiconductor RTL 8139 w TCP IP DHCP Options Information IP configuration DNS servers 192 168 0 1 IP address 212 27 39 134 212 27 39 135 Netmask Search Domain Gateway neodoc biz Cancel Help Ok Figure 4 6 Manage Network Connections Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section QN This tool permits you to modify network interface specific parameters after you have set them NA up through the new interface wizard see Set Up a New Network Interface page 43 Use the drop down list at the top to select the interface you want to configure The tabs allow you to change parameters and options according to the network interface type selected 4 1 4 Monitoring Connections File Options Help Monitor connections ethl eth2 etho Settings Connection type wifi Global statistics Instantaneous SP 7 3KB s speed j Receiving 321KB s speed sent 252KB Local measure B Connectionpo 55 46 d sent OB time E received 4 9MB received 0B B average Use same scale for received and transmitted Connect wifi Not connecte
4. 6 6 Setting up WebDAV Mount Points which allows you to create move copy and delete resources on a remote web server In prac E tice mounting a remote WebDAV repository on your local machine allows users to modify a remote web server s files as if those files were local to the system WebDAV Web based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is an extension to the HTTP protocol La Tip Browse the WebDAV Resources http www webdav org pages to learn more about this protocol File Options Help m WebDAV mount points ou WebDAV is a protocol that allows you to mount a web server s directory locally and treat it like a local filesystem provided the web server is configured as a WebDAV server If you would like to add WebDAV mount points select New Quit Figure 6 6 Managing WebDAV Mounts Points The first time you launch this tool the required packages are installed if needed and only two buttons are available New which allows you to define a new mount point the other one just Quits the application After you have defined mount points they will appear as new buttons at the top of the buttons list Clicking on a mount point button will take you to the mount point menu see figure 6 7 When you click on the New button you are asked for the URL of the web server Enter the complete URL of the web server beginning with http or https then click OK 82 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories
5. A NIS server is useful to create user hostname database The wizard builds autofs map so it will provide the capabilities for NIS user to automount their home directory on a NIS client computer NIS server name of your computer NIS domain NIS domain to use generally same as your DNS domain name NIS server serverbox NIS domainname enterprise net Cancel Previous Figure 9 11 Setting NIS Server Parameters Fill the NIS domain field with your domain name then fill the directory to host the NIS users homes When configuration is done NIS users can login from any machine on the network that is setup to connect on your NIS server Additionally those users have their home directories automatically mounted locally 9 10 LDAP Configuration Wizard G LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and can be used to centralize directory like information for example address books user account details etc This simple wizard allows you to setup a basic LDAP server and add users to it This is useful to quickly setup a LDAP based authentication mecha nism When you first run the wizard you are presented with the server configuration dialog 109 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help e Configure LDAP Configuring LDAP Server LDAP directory tree The DNS naming is used for LDAP directory tree definition Domain name enterprise net dc enterprise dc net LDAP Administrator Admi
6. Get Windows Fonts Close Options Uninstall Import Figure 5 2 DrakFont s Main Window drakfont is made up of a number of dialogs which are accessible through the buttons located at the bottom Get Windows Fonts This button automatically adds fonts found on your Windows partitions if any of your local hard drives Options Allows you to specify which applications and devices such as printers will support the fonts Select the ones you want support for and click on the OK button Uninstall Allows you to remove installed fonts in order to save space for example Use this with great care it could have side effects for your applications In particular you should not remove fonts you did not install yourself This actually removes all fonts found in a given directory Note that fonts manually added through drak font are found in usr share fonts drakfont Import Allows you to manually add fonts found outside the Mandriva Linux distribution from a fonts disk you have purchased or from the Internet for example Supported font types are ttf pfa p b pcf pfm gsf Clicking on the Add button will open a standard dialog allowing you to specify the font file to import Once you ve specified all the fonts you want to import click on the Install fonts button Selecting more than one font To select more than one font press the CTRL key while selecting the fonts you want to install and click OK they will be added to the Import Fonts
7. Network amp Internet Section Warning This wizard also configures a firewall to block most connections from the Internet You are encouraged to check that the firewall configuration Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall page 88 suits you after completing the wizard After you complete this wizard all computers on the LAN will be able to access the Internet Their configura tion will be automated due to the DHCP server which is installed on your gateway and the web access will be optimized due to the use of the Squid transparent proxy cache 4 3 1 The Gateway Connection Wizard These are the steps that the wizard takes 1 Choosing the Internet Interface You first need to specify the name of the interface connected to the Internet Make sure you select the correct one from the drop down list It should be the interface name you configured in the Internet Confi guration Management tool 2 Choosing The LAN Network Adapter If you have more than one Ethernet interface and depending on what you chose as your Internet interface the wizard might ask you to select the one connected to your LAN Make sure you select the correct one 3 Local Area Network Settings File Options Help m Internet connection sharing ce Local Area Network settings Local IP address 192 168 1 1 Netmask 255 255 255 0 The internal domain name homeland net Cancel Previous Next Figure 4 11 Configuring The LAN At this po
8. Resolution Enables you to change the pixel resolution and the color depth with the tool described in Changing Reso lution page 23 Changing the Resolution Using the Desktop Applet If you are using KDE you can also change the screen resolution on the fly by using the screen resize applet accessible choosing System Configuration Hardware KRandRTray from the main menu Then there are more buttons Test Click on this button to verify that your modifications actually work It is highly recommended that you do test it because if it does not work it will be harder to recover a working graphical environment later If the test fails simply wait until it ends If you are not satisfied with the suggested settings choose No during the test and you will be returned to XFdrake s main menu If the Test is Not Available Depending on your video card video testing may not be available You will be warned of such a situation If it happens that the settings are incorrect and your display does not work launch XFdrake as root in the console to use XFdrake s text version 25 Chapter 3 Hardware Section Options Graphic card options Depending on your hardware capabilities you can choose here to activate or disable specific features such as 3D acceleration or special visual effects translucency Graphical interface at startup This option allows you to choose whether you want your machine to automatically switch to a graphical inter
9. mimi Cancel Figure 3 12 Activating Network Printers e Select the Local CUPS printing system option if you wish to configure your machine to act as a print server for either a local printer which was not detected or a networked printer connected to your local network Any required software will be installed and then the main configuration interface see figure 3 14 appears Click on Add Printer to install the network printer e Select the Remote server option if you wish to be able to print on printers served by another CUPS print server on the network Your applications will immediately have access to all public printers served by that server You only need to provide the hostname or IP address of that server in the field ask your system administrator When this is done the main configuration interface see figure 3 14 appears The Configured on other machi nes tab will be filled with the available network printers 3 7 2 2 New Printer Detected The following window appears when PrinterDrake detects a new printer at launch time 32 Chapter 3 Hardware Section The following printers HP DeskJet 990C HP OfficeJet 6100 Series are directly connected to your system Make sure that all your printers are connected and turned on Do you want to enable printing on the printers mentioned above or on printers in the local network NOTE Depending on the printer model and the printing system up to 80 MB of additional
10. 38 p Figure 2 4 Controlling a Remote Computer The Mouse Cursor The mouse cursor becomes a round point and the remote computer s arrow cursor will follow it This can prove useful to keep track of where the cursor is at any given time Link Speed and Responsiveness The limiting factor of the response time of the remote computer is the speed of the link to it For LAN connections typically 100 Mbps you will feel that you re really in front of the remote computer For Internet connections typically between 56 Kbps and 1 2 Mbps don t expect instantaneous response from the controlled computer Disconnection Once you ve finished using the remote computer you can disconnect from it by closing the VNC viewer window If you re using the full screen mode press the F8 key and select the Quit viewer option from the menu which pops up 2 5 More Documentation This short introduction to VNC has hopefully shown you some of the possibilities of remotely controlling computers The options are endless please refer to the TightVNC Documentation http www tightvnc com docs html and to the VNC Documentation http www realvnc com documentation html web sites 19 Chapter 2 Controlling a Remote Machine 20 Chapter 3 Hardware Section 3 1 Configuring your Hardware 3 1 1 Hardware Detection and Configuration The HardDrake project has been developed to simplify hardware detection and configuration under GNU Linux by
11. 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 16 B is 19 Syslog 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 User search i Content of the file Aug 17 22 49 31 localhost drakfirewall 5649 running bin rpm q qf name apache apache mod perl boa bind openssh server ftp server krb5 wu ftpd proftpd I pure ftpd sendmail postfix qmail imap courier imap pop telnet server krb5 samba server cups bittorrent bittorrent shadowsclient Aun 17 13 30 33 Inc 31Ihinct clact nif 10016561 ninninn thinirnm n af 95 Jn 3mat ntn Mail alert Save Cancel Figure 5 4 Browsing and Searching through System Logs These are the steps to follow in order to browse or look for a specific event into the system logs 1 Matching Terms You must choose which specific words to match by filling the Matching log files contain the words field and or the but not matching log files which don t contain the words field At least one of the two fields must be filled 62 Chapter 5 System Section 2 Log File Then in the Choose file area select the file you want to perform the search on Simply check the correspon ding box Note The Mandriva Linux Tools Log is filled by Mandriva Linux specific configuration tools like those you find in the Mandriva Linux Control Center Each time these tools modify the system configuration they write to this log file 3 Date of Event Optionally you can restrict the search to a specific day In that case check the Show only for
12. Allow remote root login Default Authorize TCP connections to X Window Default Authorize all services controlled by tcp_wrappers Default Autologin Default Daily security check Default Y Direct root login Default Enable crontab and at for users Default Y Enable msec hourly security check Default Enable su only from the wheel group members Default Export display when passing from root to the other users Default List users on display managers kdm and gdm Default zi ia Ok Help Cancel Figure 7 2 Modifying Standard Options For each tab there are two columns 1 Options List All available options are listed 2 Value For each option you can choose from the corresponding pull down menu Yes Activate this option no matter what the default value is No Deactivate this option no matter what the default value is Default Keep the default security level behavior Ignore Use this value if you don t wish this test to be performed ALL LOCAL NONE The meaning of these are option dependent Please see the Help text available through the Help button for more information Clicking on OK accepts the current security level with custom options applies it to the system and exits the application 1 The default security level setting is shown in the Help window 86 Chapter 7 Security Section 7 2 Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm drakperm allows you to customize the permissions which shou
13. Controlling Exports 1 Whois Allowed to Share Folders No sharing Prevents users from sharing data with others Allow all users All users are allowed to share data with others Custom By choosing this option only users within the same fileshare group will be allowed to share data If you choose this option the ileshare group will be created and as a 3 step you will be prompted to run UserDrake in order to add the allowed users to this group see Managing Users and Groups page 63 2 Choose the Export Protocol File Options Help im Local disk sharing You can export using NFS or SMB Please select which you would like to use v SMB a file sharing system used by Windows Mac OS X and many modern Linux systems Cancel Ok You must now choose which protocol to use for file sharing Check one or both of the following 81 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories SMB If most of your users use Windows systems this is the preferable protocol to select NFS If most of your users use UNIX systems such as GNU Linux this is the preferable protocol to select 3 Once you have checked the appropriate boxes click on OK The required packages will be installed if needed If you uncheck a previously checked box the corresponding service will be stopped Users Can Now Share Folders Once users are allowed to share data they can select the folders to be shared through their preferred file manager
14. Files cece cee nen 66 5 7 1 A Practical Example Using the Wizard 0 0 cece cece cece cence e 66 5 72 ReStoring Backups ied dcos teur er nare nope acid CP iy br tate red 70 5 7 3 Automating Periodic Backups isses nn 70 5 7 4 Advanced Backup Wizard Configuration sess ene 71 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories cece ccc cece cent cece eee hehehe 6 1 Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake 0 e ccc ccc cece cee eee eee 75 6 1 1 The Interfaces v e eret eT bh es USPIAM LUE X URN PX A EE ks 75 6 1 2 DiskDrake s action buttons sesssseeeeeeeeeeee e e nee 76 6 1 3 Resizing an Old Partition and Creating a New One 0 eee ccc cece cece eens 76 6 2 Managing Removable Devices 2 0065 ek eee ed salen pe ee aa aces ren ee d e ed e 78 6 3 Importing Remote SMB Directories esses een 79 6 4 Importing Remote NFS Directories ssssssssssseseeeeee eme 81 6 5 Allowing Users to Share Folders isses enn 81 6 6 Setting up WebDAV Mount Points 0c ee e eee nens 82 7 DECULILY SE CHOMN e255 eis A RERO Ve Ro ered VER CORED NR RATANA FT Rede RNC PARERA E NANANA TES 7 1 Securing your Machine through DrakSec csse nen 85 71 T oettirig your Security Level so riderci eor atie oes ed ee ee m ag etre eed Jai 85 7 1 2 Customizing a Security Level reserse enean cece enne n 86 7 2 Controlling File Permissions with Dra
15. 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 Controlling a Remote Machine page 15 Some other 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 3 Conventions Used in this Book 3 1 Typing Conventions Formatted Example Meaning inode Used to emphasize a technical term ls lta Used for commands and their arguments see Commands Synopsis page 6 a file Used for file names It may also be used for RPM package names Is 1 Reference to a man page To read the page simply type man 1 1s ina command line ls pid Formatting used for text snapshots of what you may see on your screen including computer interactions program listings etc localhost Literal data which does not generally fit in any of the previously defined categories For example a key word taken from a configuration file Preface Formatted Example Meaning OpenOffice org Defines application names Depending on context the application and command name may be the same but formatted differently For example most commands are written in lowercase whil
16. Use the profile Profile Name conf option when you run Drakbackup from the command line to load the Profile Name conf profile 5 7 1 4 Performing the Backup Click on Backup Now make sure the corresponding media is ready the recordable CDs in our example and then on Backup Now from configuration file to perform the backup Warning If the backup set size exceeds the medium s available capacity the backup operation might just fail This is a known issue and it s being worked on As a work around please try to remove files from the backup set so its size never exceeds the medium s available capacity A dialog will display the current progress of the operation Please be patient the time it takes to back up depends on many factors such as the size of the backup file set the speed of the storage option selected and so on Once the operation is finished a report is shown look for possible errors on it and take corrective measures if needed 5 7 2 Restoring Backups Fle Options Help Backups File Help Search for files to restore Restore all backups Custom Restore Restore From Catalog Cancel Help Previous Next Figure 5 15 Choosing the Restore Type to Perform 71 Chapter 5 System Section Make sure the media you want to restore the backup from is accessible and ready and click on the Restore button In our example we restore the whole backup so on the restore dialog figure 5 15 click on Restore all
17. a quarter to midnight and store it on CD using the Default backup profile 5 7 4 Advanced Backup Wizard Configuration Click on Advanced Configuration and then on the More Options button to set more backup options see figure 5 17 72 Chapter 5 System Section File Options Help Backups Fle Help Please choose the archive program tar w Please choose the compression type tarbz2 X Use backupignore files X Send mail report after each backup to queen peter Return address for sent mail drakbackup SMTP server for mail smtp enterprise net X Delete Hard Drive tar files after backup to other media X View restore log after file restore Cancel Help Previous Figure 5 17 Miscellaneous Options Window Archiving Program You can choose between t ar the default and star which allows you to backup extended ACLs too Compression Type You can choose the compression strategy used for your backups among tar no compression tar gz gzip compression and tar bz2 bzip2 compression better but slower Files to Ignore You can exclude certain files from the backup The backupignore file should be present in every directory of the backup file set where files are to be excluded Its syntax is very simple a one file per line list of the names of the files to exclude Tip You can use the star matches any string and the question mark matches one and only one character regardless of what that chara
18. browser will then open If you are not logged in to the Mandriva Bugzilla web site http qa mandriva com you will be asked to log in or create an account if you do not have one Once you are logged on the site complete the bug report as completely and accurately as possible and click on Commit Preface Chapter 1 Package Management To begin with a bit of vocabulary Package Software needs to be broken down into different files to ease its development and management An application ends up being lots of pieces the binaries the documentation the resources the application needs images icons translations sounds etc A package is the set of all of an application s components stored in a single file in a way that s very simple to install update and remove Dependency Applications rely on software libraries or components made by different developers to perform a given set of functions not part of the main functionality but needed to achieve it A dependency is a package another package needs in order to work properly Mandriva Linux s package management tool takes care of all the dependencies automatically Update Software is a living thing new features are added existing ones are enhanced and problems bugs are fixed An update is a package which brings in some or all of these enhancements and fixes into an existing application It is recommended that you check for updates often in order to keep your system in good shape an
19. button to let DrakUPS autodetect your UPS Manual Configuration Serial Port 1 Select the Manual configuration option 2 Select your UPS from the list of manufacturers and models 43 Chapter 3 Hardware Section J ups UPS driver configuration Please select your UPS model Manufacturer Model 3 Then assign a Name Driver and Port File Options Help X ups UPS driver configuration We are configuring the Pulsar EXL UPS from MGE UPS SYSTEMS Please fill in its name its driver and its port Name myups Driver mge utalk Port Ityso com1 Y Cancel Previous Next If all went well your UPS should now be configured and ready to help avoid bad power outage surprises 1 The Name and Driver fields should automatically be filled Of course you can change its name but we recommend you keep the driver name 44 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section 4 1 Network and Internet Connection Management Tip Before connecting to the Internet you are encouraged to set up a firewall on your machine so as to avoid bad surprises such as intrusions to your system You can set up a very simple yet effective firewall using DrakFirewall Please refer to Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall page 88 for more information The drakconnect set of tools allows you to easily configure your network access whether it be to the Internet or to a local network Open Mandriva Linux Control C
20. help browser which displays documentation about the active configuration tool e Help Report Bug Allows you to report a bug to the development team See The Drakbug Reporting Tool page 7 The tools are sorted into categories The following table lists them all and refers to the corresponding sections of this manual Preface Software Management Package Management page 9 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 Hardware Configuring your Hardware page 21 Controlling the Graphical Configuration page 22 Configuring the 3D Desktop page 26 Setting up a TV Card with DrakxTV page 27 Changing your Keyboard Layout page 28 Changing your Mouse page 29 Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake page 29 Installing and Sharing Scanners page 39 Setting up your UPS page 41 Network amp Internet Network and Internet Connection Management page 43 Proxy Settings page 50 Internet Connection Sharing page 52 Activating and Managing Network Profiles page 50 Wireless Connections Management Roaming page 54 Configure VPN Connections Allows you to setup a Virtual Private Network with a remote VPN server Protocols supported are Cisco VPN Concentrator and OpenVPN Manage host definitions If you have fixed IP addresse
21. is needed Info MySQL Max 5 0 24 2mdv2007 0 Info Cancel Ok Figure 1 4 Alternative Packages Note Due to dependencies the disk space required by the selected packages might be greater than the size required by the chosen package by itself 1 2 The Software Media Manager defined Main Contrib etc You can also add other software media a CD from a magazine e Use this tool to configure the package media repositories figure 1 5 shows some media already containing RPMs a Web repository etc File Options Help e Media Manager Enabled Updates Medium Remove bir Edit v Contrib 7 plf free Add v plf nonfree Add custom Update Manage keys Proxy Parallel Global options b 4 Help Ok Figure 1 5 The Software Media Manager Use check boxes of the left hand columns to flag the repositories Enabled Uncheck this box to temporarily disable the corresponding medium The packages contained in this me dium will not be available until you enable the medium again 12 Chapter 1 Package Management Updates This box must be checked for update media that is media that contains updates of packages that are already in another medium albeit with an older version number Thus only update media are taken into account when looking for updates Action Buttons on the Right Remove Discard a medium which you no longer use Simply select the medium to be removed in th
22. machine that will act as the controlled server computer select the Allow control of my machine linux server option Fill the Set Password field This is mandatory or Rfbdrake will complain Please bear in mind that this password is not related to the user s local remote account password in any way 15 Chapter 2 Controlling a Remote Machine j E Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Type Want to take control linux client Allow control of my machine linux server Windows Terminal Services Server configuration Set Password k Help Launch server Cancel Figure 2 1 Server Options ah Once you click on Launch server this icon indicates that the computer is ready to accept incoming VNC connections Closing it will stop the VNC server Right click on it to access a pop up menu with some options 2 2 1 2 Remote Administration Access 1 Make sure the tightvnc server package is installed on the remote machine 2 Connect to the remote machine using ssh and become root on it 3 If it s not already running start the VNC server by executing vncserver in a console If this is the first time vncserver is run on the system with that user account then you have to enter the password clients will have to use to connect and confirm it The system informs you which display number clients have to use Run vncserver kill DISPLAY NUMBER when you no longer need the VNC server Then connect as a client to control the
23. providing a user friendly interface 3 1 1 1 What Is HardDrake HardDrake is a service for hardware detection run at system boot time and also a full GUI based tool which ties together many of the tools already included in a GNU Linux distribution It automates and simplifies the process of installing new hardware For the most part HardDrake will be able to detect most devices On one hand HardDrake is used to display information and on the other it can launch configuration tools With its easy to use interface you can browse all the hardware your system contains HardDrake uses the Idetect engine so if your new hardware is not detected you may try to upgrade the ldetect library itself and its hardware database located in the 1detect 1st package 3 1 1 2 Usage To launch HardDrake you can start it through the Mandriva Linux Control Center click on the Hardware category and then on the Hardware icon e a terminal type harddrake2 as root You can also pass parameters to HardDrake through the command line type harddrake2 h to get a list of possible parameters e the desktop go to the main menu The HardDrake entry is in the System Configuration Hardware HardDrake sub menu After all devices have been detected the main HardDrake window appears see figure 3 1 On the left you can see the device tree showing you all of the hardware categories 21 Chapter 3 Hardware Section File Options Help Jd
24. window Then click on the Install fonts button 60 Chapter 5 System Section Note When adding or removing fonts the change might not appear immediately in the fonts list Close and re launch drakfont to ensure your changes were taken into account 5 3 Setting your Machine s Date and Time This little tool enables you to set your system s correct internal date and time File Options Help 4 Date and time August gt 4 2006 gt EE Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat i 1 2 3 4 5 e 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 EUM 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 j 27 28 29 30 31 P Ju E Network Time Protocol Ea Your computer can synchronize its clock T T with a remote time server using NTP 0 39 Sh z i Timezone America New_York Server North America United States us pool ntp org w Change Time Zone Cancel Reset Ok Figure 5 3 Changing Date and Time You can set the date on the left and the time on the right 1 Date To change the year click on the little arrows on each side of the year same procedure to change the month This updates the month view where you can click on the current day in order to highlight it 2 Time Zone We recommend that you check the time zone settings for your geographical location Click on the Change Time Zone button and select the correct place in the tree view Once you ve chosen the time zone a dialog appears asking you whether your hardware clock is set to GMT Answer Yes
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26. 5 Chapter 3 Hardware Section 3 7 4 1 Client Mode In this mode the local CUPS daemon will be stopped and all printing requests go directly to the server specified below Note that it is not possible to define local print queues then and if the specified server is down it cannot be printed at all from this machine Off On Name or IP of remote server printserver company ne Ok Cancel Figure 3 16 Client Mode Configuration Select the On option to connect to another printer server Then you only need to specify the name or IP address of that server in the next field below If you choose this mode your printing configuration is now finished Accept the options by clicking the OK buttons and you will be able to check the list of available printers in the Configured on other machines tab of the main interface see figure 3 14 3 7 4 2 Server Mode If you want your machine to access locally connected printers through parallel or USB ports or network printers not already configured on another server you need to select the Off option Click OK to fine tune your printer server see figure 3 15 A number of options are available to further secure and enhance your print server features The printers on this machine are available to other computers Allows other computers to print on printers configured locally Remember to restrict access by clicking on Printer sharing on hosts networks see below Automatically find availa
27. File Options Help m WebDAV mount points CEU Server https dav company net Server Mount point Cancel Ok Figure 6 7 WebDAV Menu You must now decide where the web server files will be accessible from Select the Mount point option and click OK There you are able to choose a local directory or type in your own If the selected mount point does not exist it is created If the server requires authentication do not forget to fill the username and password fields in the Options dialog Then all you need to do is to actually mount the remote repository by selecting Mount and clicking OK You are now able to browse and modify files on the local mount point you have defined and the changes will be immediately available on the web server To make your settings persistent between sessions remember to save modifications to the etc fstab file as suggested when you quit the wizard 83 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories 84 Chapter 7 Security Section 7 1 Securing your Machine through DrakSec o aspects system behavior configuration and periodic checks of system state Each security level modifies the system configuration making it more and more secure and verifying more and more security related aspects draksec is a graphical interface to msec which stands for Mandriva Linux Security Tool It allows you to change your system s security level and to configure every option of msec s security features
28. Hardware Detected hardware Information v Hard Disk Identification hda Vendor Intel Corp v 3 CD DVD burners Description 82801EB AC 97 Audio hdc Media class MULTIMEDIA AUDIO X AGP controllers 82865G Springdale G Chipset Host Bridge Connection Bus PCI v Videocard B PCI 4 0 865 Chipset Graphics Controller ne v 4 Soundcard PCI device 31 PCI function st 5 v Processors cpu 1 Intel R Celeron R CPU 2 66GHz Vendor ID 0x8086 M Ethernetcard Device ID 0x24d5 RTL 8139 Sub vendor ID 0x1849 RTL 8139 Sub device ID 0x9739 Vv amp SATA controllers 82801EB ICH5 IDE USB controllers E V Driver b Set current driver options Figure 3 1 Selected Device By selecting a device you will see additional information about it in the right frame To better understand the meaning of the information presented you can consult the help page accessible by choosing Help Fields description from the menu Depending on the device selected two other buttons may appear Set current driver options This pops up a window with all the module device parameters listed For experts only Run config tool Launches the Mandriva Linux configuration tool available through the Mandriva Linux Control Center associated with that device Unknown hardware A special category called Unknown Others might also show up containing all the currently unknown hardware in your
29. Mandriva Linux 2007 DrakXTools User Manual Ot Mandriva http www mandriva com Mandriva Linux 2007 DrakXTools User Manual Published 2006 09 01 Copyright O 2006 Mandriva SA by NeoDoc http www neodoc biz Camille B gnis Christian Roy Fabian Mandelbaum Roberto Rosselli del Turco Marco De Vitis Alice Lafox John Rye Wolfgang Bornath Funda Wang Patricia Pichardo B gnis Debora Rejnharc Mandelbaum Mickael Scherer Jean Michel Dault Lunas Moon C line Harrand Fred Lepied Pascal Rigaux Thierry Vignaud Giuseppe Ghib Stew Benedict Francine Suzon Indrek Madedog Triipus Nicolas Berdugo Fabrice Facorat Xiao Ming Snature Guylhem Aznar Pavel Maryanov Annie T trault Aurelio Marinho Jargas Felipe Arruda Marcia Gawlak Hoshi Roberto Patriarca Sean Wheller and Laura Sebrie Legal Notice This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License v1 0 or later the latest version is presently available at opencontent org http www opencontent org openpub Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any standard paper book form is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder Mandriva and DrakX are registered trademarks in the US and or other countries The related St
30. Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop e Info click on this button to get a little explanation about that service the The Start Up Files init sysv chapter of the Reference Manual for more information Cancel On Boot check this box if you wish this service to be automatically started at boot time Alternatively if xinetd is installed and the service is a xinetd service the label Start when requested will be displayed Checking the box will then mean to activate that service in xinetd You will also have to make sure that the xinetd service itself is activated e Start immediately starts the service or restarts it stop start if it is already running Stop immediately stops the service After pressing the Start or Stop buttons a tool tip shows you the status of the operation 1 Generally in runlevels 3 and 5 59 Chapter 5 System Section 5 2 Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont This system sdministration tool enables you to review the different font families styles and sizes available on your system It also allows for fonts to installed or removed The main window see figure 5 2 shows a visual appearance of the currently selected font combination File Options Help Tp Fonts Font List Family Style Size DejaVu Sans Oblique p I 20 DejaVu Sans Condensed Bold 2 DejaVu Sans Mono Bold Oblique 2s I DejaVu Serif oe DejaVu Serif Condensed EJ abcdefghijk ABCDEFGHIJK
31. acd 105 9 8 Installation Server Wizard 0 00 0 IRI es 108 9 9 NIS and Autofs Servers Wizard 0 cen nn eee een e e e ha een 108 9 10 LDAP Configuration Wizard 0 06 eee emen 109 9T Proxy server Configuration 47 cda Nee e et te es eee ber oA ea 110 9 12 Time Configu ratiori iecore RE Ira ROMS CA DIR HE PI REI PIN Ip aad 112 Tin cpu nnP UTE 115 vi List of Tables 1 Overview of Graphical Tools 3 1 Considerations vii viii Preface 1 About Mandriva Linux Mandriva Linux is a GNU Linux distribution supported by Mandriva S A which was born on the Internet in 1998 Its main goal was and still is to provide an easy to use and friendly GNU Linux system Mandriva s two pillars are open source and collaborative work Note In April 2005 the Mandrakesoft company changed its name to Mandriva to reflect its merger with Brazil based Connectiva Its core product Mandrakelinux became Mandriva Linux 1 1 Contacting the Mandriva Linux Community The following are various Internet links pointing you to the most important Mandriva Linux related sources If you wish to know more about the Mandriva company connect to our web site http www mandriva com You can also check out the Mandriva Linux distribution web site http www mandriva com community and all its derivatives Mandriva Expert http www mandrivaexpert com is Mandriva s support platform It offers a new expe rience ba
32. all your printer s connected to this computer connected directly to the network or to a remote Windows machine Please plug in and turn on all printers connected to this machine so that it they can be auto detected Also your network printer s and your Windows machines must be connected and turned on Note that auto detecting printers on the network takes longer than the auto detection of only the printers connected to this machine So turn off the auto detection of network and or Windows hosted printers when you do not need it Click on Next when you are ready and on Cancel if you do not want to set up your printer s now X Auto detect printers connected to this machine X Auto detect printers connected directly to the local network Auto detect printers connected to machines running Microsoft Windows Enter host name IP address of network printer Cancel Next Figure 3 17 Printer Type Specifying the Location If you happen to know all parameters required to access a specific network printer select Enter host name IP address of network printer Configuration steps are then similar to the ones involved in auto detection procedure 3 7 5 2 Choose the Printer HP Deskjet 990C HP printer on a parallel port HP Fax HP fax on USB HP OfficeJet 6100 Series USB printer Manual configuration Figure 3 18 Detected Printers List Choose the Printer to be Configured Select the printer you want to add from the list of detected pr
33. ar logo is also registered All rights reserved All other copyrights embodied in this document remain the property of their respective owners Table of Contents lia E E cM 1 T Abo t Mandriva Tnx wesc iy che eee ex veces e ee qr bee ur Mp A a n d 1 1 1 Contacting the Mandriva Linux Community esses e 1 132 Tom the Club cu ette UR Ier ti a RET mip wees CEU ERE r wens C cen CUI eC e ties 1 1 3 Subscribing to Mandriva Online isses eee 2 1 4 Purchasing Mandriva Products esses ee een 2 1 5 Mandriva Ki68K 5 AC ES RC URL SEM M eI M S Nestor Nd 2 1 6 Contributing to Mandriva Linux 2 6 66 enn 2 2 MECS COMPONENTS c inter ud eos uve des RETTUNG UNIES UU IER UE STRE 3 3 Conventions Used in this Book useless an n 5 3 1 Typing Conventions 6 dc vs ete t ACE ah UQUE KS USER SA AAS E E AR ea 5 3 2 General COnventOns s 1o us pos du a PIC e ere x eta e E Re Ta UP ADE eS es 6 4 The Drakbug Reporting Tooli reirei manene a eE AEA eee 7 1 Package Management ccc ccc cece cence cence EES ENEE RETE TEOR em enne 9 1 1 Adding Removing and Updating Software sess enn 10 1 2 Th Software Media Manager siccctesne cannes lp perte eA Pei eget peste Worte pens 12 2 Controlling a Remote Machine ccc cece cece cence cence ence nee he he sen 15 PAG eoi P EE EE 15 2 2 Installation and S t p i5 b
34. ation that will switch the keyboard configuration between the Latin and non Latin layouts 3 6 Changing your Mouse This tool enables you to set up a different mouse which is useful if the mouse you are currently using is not the same as the one you chose at installation time naptics Touchpad function is automatically configured to work with almost every touch pad found on notebook s The same goes for Wacom R tablets 29 Chapter 3 Hardware Section File Options Help Mouse vw PS 2 Please choose your mouse type Automatic Generic PS2 Wheel Mouse GlidePoint Logitech MouseMan Standard b Other b USB Universal Any PS 2 amp USB mice b busmouse P none P serial Ok Cancel Figure 3 9 Choosing a Different Mouse Mice are sorted into a tree according to their connection type and model see figure 3 9 Highlight the mouse of your choice and click OK Changes take effect immediately after the mouse test is done Tip The Any PS 2 amp USB mice option works with virtually all modern mice 3 7 Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake This tool allows you to b i FEBRE a newly installed printer configure your machine to act as a server for a printer connected to your local network set up your machine to access network printers served by other servers 3 7 1 Automatic Installation If you connect and power on a USB printer a dialog pops up 30 Chapter 3 Hardware Sec
35. backups and then on the Restore button to start the restoration process Warning Existing files in the target restoration directory same location where the backup was made from by default will be overwritten Feel free to investigate the other restore options if you want to restore part of a backup instead of the full file set or to restore the backup to a different location 5 7 3 Automating Periodic Backups In the tool s main window click on Advanced Configuration and then on the When button In the backup sche duling window see figure 5 16 select Use daemon to define the schedule Fle Options Help EM Backups File Help eis X Use daemon Please choose the time interval between each backup custom 45 23 3 5 export USER root usr sbin drakbackup daemon gt dev null 22 amp 1 Minute Hour Day Month Weekday start Weekday end Profile 45 231 e v Wednesday w Friday Y Default v Delete cron entry Current crontab Add cron entry Please choose the media for backup cd Please be sure that the cron daemon is included in your services If your machine is not on all the time you might want to install anacron Cancel Help Previous Figure 5 16 Daemon Options Window You are then asked to specify the interval or period between each backup operation and the storage media In our example we set up a customized calendar custom period selected to perform a backup from Wednesday to Friday at
36. ble printers on remote machines Tells your print server to automatically make all printers found on other servers available to the local network as if they were locally connected to your print server This way your system s users are able to print on any printer the print server can see If the remote printers you intend to use are served by a server not on your local network you can still tell the print server to use them with the Additional CUPS servers button see below Printer sharing on hosts networks Allows you to specify from which networks the local printers are made available Additional CUPS servers Allows you to specify one or more CUPS servers to which you can connect and access printers Specify the IP address and port of the CUPS server in the dialog 36 Chapter 3 Hardware Section Japanese text printing mode Replaces the original text filter for one more suited to Japanese texts but with less features Use it if you have to print Japanese text only files 3 7 5 The Printer Configuration Wizard Click on Add printer and the configuration wizard comes up 3 7 5 1 Detect Printers or Specify Access Path The first step serves to either specify an access address to a network printer or to activate auto detection of locally connected printers network printers and finally printers served by SMB Windows servers m Add a new printer Welcome to the Printer Setup Wizard This wizard will help you to inst
37. console for the root user You can use it to issue any I4 command but be careful There are no restrictions on the actions you can take on your machine as root and you could render your machine unusable To tearn how to use the command line interface you should read the Introduction to the Command Line chapter of the Mandriva Linux Reference Manual To exit the console type exit or press the Ctrl D keys 5 6 Managing Users and Groups UserDrake allows system administrators to easily add and remove users from the system to assign users to a group and to manage user groups in the same manner Note In this section we will only focus on user management Group management being similar 5 6 1 The Interface Launching UserDrake will display the main window figure 5 8 which lists the users currently defined on the system You can switch from users to groups by clicking on the Groups tab next to the Users tab 65 Chapter 5 System Section x Users and groups amp e Add User Add Group Refresh Search Apply filter Users Groups User Name UserID Primary Group Full Name Login Shell Home Directory X Status queen 500 queen Queen Pingusa bin bash home queen Figure 5 8 The User List in UserDrake All changes have immediate effect on your local user database If the user list is modified outside of UserDrake you can refresh UserDrake s window by clicking on the Refresh button Note If you make changes to an already
38. cter is in the backupignore file to exclude sets of files For example somenamex matches all files whose names start with somename and image00 jpg matches files named image001 jpg image009 jpg image00a jpg imageOOh jpg etc Send Reports by Email Fill the mail address to which a report of the operation will be sent You can specify many mail addresses separating each with a comma Please complete also the Return address for sent mail field with the email address of the backups administrator and the SMTP server for mail field with the name or IP address of the outgoing mail server Tip If you want to send the report to more than two or three recipients it is better if you setup a mailing list containing all those addresses and fill the field with the mailing list s post address 73 Chapter 5 System Section Delete Temporary Files Select the Delete Hard Drive tar files after backup to other media option to free that space after performing the backup View Restore Log You can choose to view the restore operation log after each restore This can be handy to spot and fix potential problems when restoring files reading errors network communications errors etc 74 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories 6 1 Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake Partitions are initially set up during the installation process DiskDrake allows you to some extent to resize your partitions move them etc Dis
39. cts 26 Chapter 3 Hardware Section Activate the 3D Desktop 1 The first time you run Drak3D a few required packages may be installed then you are presented with its main window see figure 3 5 2 Select the Full 3D desktop effects compiz option to enable the 3D desktop There are two approaches AIGLX and Xgl Drak3D selects the most appropriate one for you according to your hardware 3 Click Run compiz configuration tool to fully customize every single aspect of the 3D desktop support a new window appears for you to set all parameters to your liking About desktops Once the 3D desktop is active the number of virtual desktops as shown by the desktop manager KDE or GNOME will be reduced to one You now have instead viewports the cube faces for your virtual desktops explore and enjoy them 4 Once you are satisfied with your settings apply them by clicking Ok they take effect the next time you enter your graphical session Disable 3D Select the No 3D desktop effects option to disable the 3D desktop completely and return to your flat desktop 3 4 Setting up a TV Card with DrakxTV This tool will configure your TV tuner card so you can watch television on your computer display eck your Hardware Compatibility First of all you should make sure your card is supported by Mandriva Linux by consulting the Hardware Compatibility page http www mandriva com hardware or the BTTV driver home page http 1linux bytesex
40. d Figure 4 7 Real Time Network Connection Monitoring Average 4 9KB s 143KB s Close 51 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section and statistics update interval scale etc see figure 4 7 It can also be used to control the status of go This tool shows the network interfaces activity You can specify some options for the traffic graphic the network connection bringing it up or down using the button at the lower left Note The network monitoring interface can be brought up by users through the net applet to monitor traffic 4 1 5 Removing a Connection 4 This tool simply allows you to remove a network interface Select the interface to be removed in the Net Device pull down list Warning You will not be asked for confirmation Once an interface is selected for removal pressing the Next button deletes it immediately 4 1 6 Proxy Settings If your Internet connections must or can pass through a proxy this tool allows you to define the hostnames or IP addresses of proxies for the FTP and HTTP protocols Fill the fields with the required values and click OK a Proxy A proxy is a server which retrieves information from the Internet on your behalf keeping a local copy of the web pages which are most frequently requested They are referred to as caching proxies and optimize bandwidth usage In some organizations you cannot access the Internet directly You must pass through a proxy which authe
41. d Managing Network Profiles cssssssesssssseeee enn 50 42 Ne Protile Handling 5o oo eese ee erstes A E E reet rare an tot bale tend cas 50 4 22 Choosing a Profile at Boot Time oios sr irese iid ea Ea ee eee 51 43 Internet Connection Sharing 6 menn 52 4 3 1 The Gateway Connection Wizard sessionaris nen nnn 53 432 Configuring the Clients se Aiantcde ce ees E bee ERR ERREUR EX VE ES 54 4 4 Wireless Connections Management Roaming 6 csse een 55 44 1 Switching Networks iii serre repete wh meer de Tee de Tee Bede ds bee 55 4 4 2 Configuring a Wireless Connection sisse e 55 Be System SecllOn cse eds peso pro EE i cera Arce E EE ke ku br ep E SE TEES Brag E ETE ES 5 1 Configuring Start Up Services hii usd ete e LM DAR e aedes 57 5 2 Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont ssssssssssssssssssse eee 58 5 3 Setting your Machine s Date and Time iiis een 59 5 4 Monitoring System Activity and Status ciis een 60 5 4 1 Browsing System Logs ies nasetan a aia eee een 60 5 4 2 Setting up Mail Alerts resi c dne tee edu ao eye eyes etude ed ti oie tpa dr epe 61 5 5 Access to the Console etiri ne e nee nee eee e ane ea ee een 63 5 6 Managing Users and Groups scott padedat EReeseerd evt erbe reeds 63 5 6 T The Interface ace RD A RR EE er xe bie tee E br eM Edd 63 5062 Adding a New User dtd edes eese dee e ries adero eive 64 5 7 Backing Up and Restoring your
42. d free from bugs and security threats Source A source is a repository of packages and the place where packages are installed from Sources for the media used during system installation are automatically created you can add your own sources for updates and packages you find on the Internet Mandriva Linux uses the RPM packaging system Mandriva Linux provides convenient tools to simplify packa ge maintenance The urpmi set of tools is command line based here we will concentrate on Rpmdrake Mandriva Linux s graphical software installation tool and the Software Media Manager figure 1 1 shows the Software Ma nagement section of Mandriva Linux Control Center File Options Help om Welcome to the Mandriva Linux Control Center b Software Management Look at installable ir loin ia ft d install AN E Hardware walle packages e uninstall software packages Q9 Network amp Internet Look at available Select from where Ea System updates and apply software packages gt any fixes or are downloaded upgrades to m when updating the Q Mount Points installed packages system K Security ES Boot Figure 1 1 Software Management in the Mandriva Linux Control Center Rpmdrake can be used in one of three modes install Chapter 1 Package Management e remove and update d each explained in Adding Removing and Updating Software page 10 Media management is covered in The Software Media Manager page 12 1 1 Adding Removi
43. d the update to the etc fstab file You may be asked to reboot the computer to make changes effective 6 2 Managing Removable Devices B 9 g These tools enable system administrators to easily control those options which affect the beha amp vior of removable devices such as floppy CD and DVD disks Note that by default all remo amp vable devices are automatically made available so users shouldn t need to manually mount media File Options Help 9 CD DVD burner Mount point mnt cdrom Device hdc Type auto Options umask 0022 users iocharset utf8 noauto ro exec Mount point Options Type e Done Cancel Figure 6 2 Changing a Parameter For each device the following properties may be changed 78 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories Mount point The directory from where the device s files will be accessed You can either choose an entry from the list or type in your own path If the directory does not exist it is created automatically Options Controls various device options notably whether a user is allowed to use new media without root privileges If the user option available by clicking the Advanced button is deselected regular users won t be able to access newly inserted media on this drive only root will be able to access it Type Displays a list of file system types If you have a specific medium with a different file system on it this is where you can tell Linux how to acce
44. d users wizards are limited to configuring class C networks and only the basic configuration is handled for each service This should be enough for most situations but if you wish for a more fine tuned configuration you must edit the configuration files by hand or by using another administration tool such as Webmin 9 2 DHCP Server Configuration t DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This protocol allows for machines connecting to your local network to be automatically assigned all relevant network parameters such as an IP address the addresses of the name servers and the address of the gateway 98 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help as Configure DHCP oom Range of addresses used by DHCP Select the range of addresses assigned to the workstations by the DHCP service unless you have special needs you can safely accept the proposed values ie 192 168 100 20 192 168 100 40 If you want to enable PXE in your dhcp server please check the box Pre boot eXecution Environment a protocol that allows computers to boot through the network Lowest IP address 192 168 1 65 Highest IP address 192 168 1 254 Gateway IP address 192 168 0 1 Enable PXE v Cancel Figure 9 2 DHCP Server Address Range All you have to do is specify the range of addresses that you want to have available via DHCP as shown in figure 9 2 Select the network interface the DHCP server must listen on for requests choos
45. dia Parameters If it isn t done automatically use the Choose your CD DVD device combo box to set the CD DVD device Set the medium s type and size multisession and erasing options For multisession recordings please bear in mind that the option to erase the medium is only effective for the 1 session and also that session related information recording takes some space out 20 to 30 MB for each session so the real data storage space will actually be less than the medium s size 5 7 1 3 Third Step Review and Store the Configuration Fle Options Help Ea Backups Fle Help Drakbackup Configuration Backup Sources System Files etc User Files Save on Hard drive on path var lib drakbackup Limit disk usage to 1000 MB Burn to CDRW on device dev sgO Options Backups use tar and gzip Cancel Help Previous Save Figure 5 14 Review Configuration Parameters 70 Chapter 5 System Section The last wizard step shows a summary of the configuration parameters Use the Previous button to change any parameter you are not satisfied with Click on Save to store them on the Default profile The backup set is now ready to be performed Backup Profiles You can choose File Save profile as from the menu and provide a profile name to store the current backup settings within a named backup profile You can then run the configuration wizard again define other settings and store them under a different profile
46. e and the country you re in You also have to select the user who is going to use xawtv so that his configuration file is created After you press OK DrakxTV will begin automatic channel scanning Once this is done your TV setup will be complete and you will be able to watch television on your computer using xawtv Other applications allowing to you watch TV under Mandriva Linux are kdetv tvtime and zapping 3 5 Changing your Keyboard Layout 26 Chapter 3 Hardware Section This tool allows you to define another keyboard layout useful when the keyboard you want i to use is different from the one chosen at installation time File Options Help Keyboard Please choose your keyboard layout raum Turkish traditional F model Turkmen UK keyboard US keyboard Ukrainian Keyboard type 101 key PC z 102 key Intl PC 104 key PC 105 key Intl PC a b Genius ba Gyration b Hewlett Packard x Ok Cancel Figure 3 8 Choosing a Different Keyboard Layout Select your keyboard s language and then its model from the lists shown in figure 3 8 If you own a multimedia keyboard and it is listed in the manufacturer list chances are most multimedia keys on it will be supported Otherwise choose your keyboard type under the Generic branch Changes are effective immediately after clicking OK Note If you choose a keyboard layout based on a non Latin alphabet the next dialog will ask you to choose the key combin
47. e applications names usually begin with an uppercase character Files Indicates menu entries or graphical interface labels The underlined letter if present informs you of a keyboard shortcut accessible by pressing the Alt key plus the letter in question Le petit chaperon rouge Identifies foreign language words Warning Reserved for special warnings in order to emphasize the importance of words Read out loud Note Highlights a note Generally it gives additional information about a specific area Tip Represents a tip It could be general advice on how to perform a particular action or hints about nice features such as shortcuts which could make your life easier Warning Be very careful when you see this icon It always means that very important information about a specific subject will be dealt with 3 2 General Conventions 3 2 1 Commands Synopsis The example below shows the symbols you will see when the writer describes the arguments of a command command non literal argument option argl arg2 arg3 optional arg These conventions are standard and you will find them elsewhere such as in the man pages The lt lesser than and gt greater than symbols denote a mandatory argument not to be copied as is which should be replaced according to your needs For example filename refers to the actual name of a file If this name is foo txt you should type
48. e connection That will allow them to do so without needing the root password Start the connection at boot It is probably safer and cheaper to choose No 6 Finally you are asked to test the connection we recommend you to do so to make sure all parameters are accurate You can now control your Internet connection using the net applet You can also use the kppp remote access connection dialer package kppp by choosing Internet Remote Access KPPP from the main menu 4 1 1 7 DVB Connection This connection type is used for satellite connections 1 Choose the connection card you wish to configure and then the adapter settings 2 Network configuration is then similar to the LAN connection type see Wired Ethernet Connection page 43 49 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section 4 1 1 8 GPRS Edge 3G This connection type supports Internet connections through cellular phone networks accessed through a PCMCIA card Third generation 3G technologies as well as older ones GPRS Edge are supported Support for newest HSDPA norm is also available 4 1 2 Internet Settings File Options Help ry Internet access Internet Connection Configuration Internet access Connection type wifi Status Not connected Parameters Host name optional First DNS Server optional 192168 21 Second DNS Server optional 212 27 53 252 Third DNS server optional 212 27 54 252 Cancel Ok Figure 4 5 Configuring the Internet Access
49. e disabled visible from the local network from the external network or both Check the appropriate boxes as shown in figure 9 7 105 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help ool Configure FTP FTP server Your server can act as an FTP server toward your internal network intranet and as an FTP server for the Internet Select the kind of FTP service you want to activate Enable the FTP server for the intranet v Enable the FTP server for the Internet Cancel Previous Figure 9 7 Defining FTP Server Visibility Warning If your server network parameters are provided by DHCP the FTP server might not function properly if set to be visible from the Internet File Options Help eo Configure FTP FTP Proftpd server options step 1 Permit root login allow root to log on FTP server Admin email email address of the FTP administrator Server name ftp enterprise net Admin email ftp admin enterprise net Permit root login Cancel Previous Figure 9 8 FTP Server Configuration 106 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards The basic FIP server configuration is shown in figure 9 8 Besides the server s name you should provide an email address for the administrator so that he can receive alert messages Admin e mail Enter the address to which messages regarding the FTP server should be sent Permit root login Check this box if you wish the root user to be allowed to login int
50. e list and click this button Edit Change the medium s parameters the URL or the relative path to the synthesis hdlist if you do not know what we are talking about it is wise to leave this window via Cancel instead of Save changes In case you need to pass through a specific proxy to access this particular medium you can configure it here by clicking on Proxy Add Add to your system all publicly available official package sources from Internet repositories This is useful for example if you have a fast Internet connection or only have the first installation CD at hand Choose a mirror geographically near to your location After choosing a mirror and clicking Ok package information for the source you chose is downloaded and all included packages will be available Add custom This button provides access to a new dialog in which you define all needed parameters for a new software package medium Please bear in mind that the required parameters and available options depend on the type of medium being defined Adding a medium Type of medium FTP server Y Name Updates URL ftp free fr pub Distributions Linu Relative path to synthesis hdlist Login Password Create media for a whole distribution v Search this media for updates Cancel Figure 1 6 Adding a Custom Package Repository Media Update You are shown a list of already defined enabled media select the ones you want to update the list of available packag
51. e the one connected to your LAN If you wish that client computers be able to access the Internet you need to provide the IP address of the gateway In case the DHCP server is also the gateway for your LAN fill it with the server s LAN address for example 192 168 0 1 Tip Check the Enable PXE option if you want your machine to act as an installation server for multiple machines on your LAN 9 3 DNS Server Configuration DNS stands for Domain Name System It allows you to specify a machine by its name instead of its IP address This wizard allows you to setup a basic DNS server master or slave Make sure you have a FODN host name set for your system otherwise the DNS wizard will refuse to start Please refer to Network and Internet Connection Management page 43 for information on how to set the system s host name You are given the option to run one of the following wizards Master DNS Server Setup your machine as a plain DNS server After selecting the network interface on which to listen for DNS requests you can provide the address of an external DNS server to which the requests that the local server cannot answer will be forwarded It is generally the address of your ISP s DNS server Then you can specify domain names for lookups For example if you request the IP of a machine called kenobi the server appends the domain names you add here to perform the request 1 Addresses outside this range are available for machines wh
52. el pull down list it will be effective as soon as you click on OK Please read the help text regarding security levels very carefully so that you know what setting a specific security level implies Explore Each Level If you wish to check which options are activated for each security level review the other tabs Network Options System Options and Periodic Checks Click on the Help button to display information about the options and their default values If some of the default options don t suit your needs simply redefine them See Customizing a Security Level page 96 for details 85 Chapter 7 Security Section Activate Security Alerts Put a check mark on the Security Alerts box to send by mail possible security issues found by msec to the local user name or to the e mail address defined in the Security Administrator field Warning We highly recommend you activate the security alerts option so that the administrator is immediately informed of possible security issues Otherwise the administrator will have to regularly check the relevant system log files 7 1 2 Customizing a Security Level Clicking on each of the Options tabs and the Periodic Checks one lead you to msec s list of security options This allows you to define your own security level based on the security level previously chosen Basic options Network Options System Options Periodic Checks Jetc issue exist Allow X Window connections Default v
53. ends on the network settings ask your network administrator for the key the network uses Network Configuration This is now similar to the traditional ethernet network setup Wired Ethernet Connection page 43 Connection Control Check the Allow access point roaming box if you wish the connection to automatically switch from one access point to another depending on the signal strength of it Particularly useful when moving a laptop around Managing Connections Consult Wireless Connections Management Roaming page 54 to learn how to configu re and manage various wireless networks 4 1 1 3 DSL Connection You are first asked which device your DSL modem is connected to select it and click Next You then see a list of countries ISPs If yours is listed select it most of the following parameters will be automatically set If your ISP is not listed select the Unlisted edit manually option click on Next and fill the parameters with the settings provided by your ISP You have to specify the connection type as advertized by your provider The most common type being DHCP followed by PPPoE and PPPoA 47 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section amp Network amp Internet Configuration DSL Please select your connection protocol If you do not know it keep the preselected protocol Manual TCP IP configuration PPP over ATM PPPoA PPP over Ethernet PPPoE Point to Point Tunneling Protocol PPTP Cancel Previo
54. enter and select the Network amp Internet section to access drakconnect tools A view of the main interface is shown in figure 4 1 File Options Help om Welcome to the Mandriva Linux Control Center Software Management i Set up a new network d Alter miscellaneous e Online Administration yd visio LAN ISDN BAY internet settings LES Hardware Reconfigure a network o Monitor the network ey Network amp Internet interface connections fep Ma Ee Ea system Delete a network interface Set Up a proxy Server for files and web browsing Q Mount Points Security Share the Internet on Activate and manage y E connection with other local network profiles lt i machines m Boot j m je Wireless connection um Configure VPN connections 9 u liu Manage hosts definitions a n Figure 4 1 DrakConnect Tools 4 1 1 Set Up a New Network Interface drakconnect supports different types of Internet and network connections The first step consists pr of choosing which type of connection you wish to configure Always make sure you have all the information provided by your ISP or network administrator at hand Note After a connection has been configured it can be further modified using the Connections management interface see Reconfigure Interfaces page 48 4 1 1 1 Wired Ethernet Connection 1 Select the Ethernet type Your NICs are detected automatically if you have more than one you have to select the one you
55. ermanent special discounts at Mandriva Store e and much more Mandriva Club is where you get the best Mandriva Linux experience learning from others teaching others accessing exclusive features and contributing to the development of Mandriva Linux and Free and Open Source Software in general Preface 1 3 Subscribing to Mandriva Online Mandriva offers a very convenient way to keep your system automatically up to date free of bugs and security holes Visit the Mandriva Online Web site https www mandrivaonline com to learn more about this service 1 4 Purchasing Mandriva Products Mandriva Linux users may purchase products on line through the Mandriva Store http store mandriva com You will not only find Mandriva Linux software operating systems and live boot CDs such as Live but also special subscription offers support third party software and licenses documentation GNU Linux related books as well as other Mandriva goodies 1 5 Mandriva Kiosk Mandriva Kiosk is a service which provides you with a catalog of the most popular software be it Free or commercial for your Mandriva Linux distribution You ll find new software for all your needs from the la test version of the OpenOffice org suite and multimedia applications to the latest KDE and GNOME desktop environments games and wallpapers It s very easy to use with its web based graphical interface detailed application descriptions and a smooth one cl
56. es for and click Update This is useful for remote media to which new packages are being added Manage keys It is important that any package you install is authenticated To do so each package can be electronically signed with a key and you can allow disallow keys on a per medium basis On figure 1 7 you can see that the Mandriva Linux key is allowed for medium Main Click on Add a key to allow another key for the selected medium beware do this with care as with all security related questions and on Remove key to remove a key from the selected medium 13 Chapter 1 Package Management Medium Keys Add a key Main 26752624 MandrakeCooker lt cooker linux mandrake com gt Remove key Contrib plf free plf nonfree Ok Figure 1 7 Package Repository Authentication Key Management Proxy If you are sitting behind a firewall and you still need to access remote media especially for package updates you can do so if you have a proxy server which leads to the Internet at least in an area where you can find a package server Normally it should be enough to fill in the Proxy hostname to get it working figure 1 8 If you need a user password combination to get through the proxy you can also specify these here Just confirm your changes by clicking on OK and you are done Global proxy settings If you need a proxy enter the hostname and an optional port syntax lt proxyhost port gt v Proxy hostname proxy dmz m
57. example com example com directs Postfix to masquerade toto oo example com to toto example com 4 Message options A few options affecting message handling you can leave at their default values Maximal queue life If a message cannot be delivered after this delay it is sent back as undeliverable Expressed as a number of days prefixed by the letter d for example 3d means three days Message size limit Messages larger than this size kilobytes are rejected When defining this parameter please bear in mind that binary attachments have a bigger size than their filesize because they have to be encoded differently to be sent in a mail message Delay warning time If a message cannot be delivered the sender will receive a warning after this number of hours 5 Network Configuration inet interfaces The network interface addresses that this mail system receives mail on By default the server listens on all network interfaces a11 specify localhost to listen only on the local interface my destination The list of domains that are delivered via the local mail delivery transport The SMTP server validates recipient addresses and rejects non existent recipients my networks The list of trusted SMTP clients who have more privileges than strangers In particular trus ted SMTP clients are allowed to relay mail through Postfix Specify a list of network addresses or network netmask patterns separated by commas and or whitespace
58. f your modifica tions on partitions up to last write Toggle to expert mode This button allows you to access the expert mode functions which are even more dangerous if you are not sure what you are doing Reserved for experts Done Saves your changes and exits DiskDrake 6 1 3 Resizing an Old Partition and Creating a New One In this section we are going to do a little exercise to demonstrate one of the more useful features of DiskDrake Let us imagine that you decide to use your machine as an FIP server and you want to create a separate var ftp partition in order to host the FTP files Note that doing this step by step tutorial will actually modify the structure of your hard drive 1 Reboot the machine and choose Menu Console Login at the login screen 2 Login yourself as root and run command xinit diskdrake 3 This is what the current home partition looks like before any modification We are going to shrink this partition in order to create free space for the new file system 76 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories Filesystem types EZ p swap IRI Other Empty hda Choose action Details Unmount Mount point home Device hda7 Type Journalised FS ext3 Size 29GB 37 Formatted Mounted Clear all More Help Undo Toggle to expert mode Done First of all you need to unmount the home partition by clicking on it and then pressing the Unmount button The next step as you may have guessed is t
59. face at boot Obviously you may want to select the No option if your machine is to act as a server or if you were not successful in getting the display configured Quit If you modified your graphical display in some way the current configuration will be displayed and XFdrake will ask you whether you want to keep your changes or not This is your last chance to go back to the old configuration If all seems OK click on Yes If you wish to restore the previous parameters click on No The changes will be activated after you confirm them and restart your graphical environment 3 3 Configuring the 3D Desktop This tool accessible from the Hardware section of Mandriva Linux Control Center lets you configure the 3D 3D desktop for stunning visual effects on your desktop together with a change from a flat desktop to a cubic one File Options Help 3D 3D Desktop effects This tool allows you to configure 3D desktop effects No 3D desktop effects Compiz is a window manager that makes use of accelerated graphical servers It provides 3D desktop and compositing effects in window management such as translucent windows and moving effects Use AIGLX AIGLX is directly integrated into the graphical server If your system supports it it is the preferred solution Use Xgl Xgl is an additional graphical server that adds 3D desktop support Run compiz configuration tool Ok Cancel Figure 3 5 Activating 3D Desktop Effe
60. figuration see figure 3 3 If it looks good click on OK The changes will be activated after you quit and restart your graphical environment Monitor and Resolution Ratio By default the available resolution list only shows resolutions supported by your video card and monitor combination There is a special entry named Other which adds more possible resolutions along with their ratios Bear in mind that most monitors are designed with a 4 3 horizontal vs vertical ratio 3 2 3 Controlling All Video Parameters X If you happen to change your video card after installing your system or want to have full control A 4 over the graphic configuration run this tool 24 Chapter 3 Hardware Section Graphic Card Intel 865 Monitor 1024x768 60 Hz Resolution 1024x768 16bpp Test Options Figure 3 4 XFdrake Main Window The first three buttons allow you to change certain aspects of the graphical configuration Graphic Card The button displays the name of the graphic card currently configured If you wish to change it just click on it Depending on your card different servers may be available with or without 3D acceleration You may need to try different ones until you get the best result In case you cannot find the graphic card you have but you know which driver supports it select it from the Xorg entry at the bottom Monitor Enables you to change the monitor with the tool described in Changing the Monitor page 23
61. firm Password Hk Login Shell bin bash E X Create Home Directory Home Directory home peter X Create a private group for the user Specify user ID manually Click on the icon to change it A i Cancel Ok Figure 5 9 Adding a New User in the System We now have two users in our list Select one of them with your mouse and click on the Edit button The dialog box shown in figure 5 10 will pop up It allows you to modify most available user parameters User Data Account Info Password Info Groups Select the groups that the user will be a member of LI daemon a O disk nearer 2 O floppy O games O gdm O haldaemon X 4b Primary Group peter Cancel Ok Figure 5 10 Adding Users to a Group The dialog is made of the following tabs User Data Allows you to modify information provided when the user was created Account Info Enables you to provide an expiration date for that account after which the user won t be able to connect to the system This is useful for temporary accounts It s also possible to temporarily lock an account to prevent a user from logging in Finally this tab allows you to change the icon associated with the user Password Info Allows you to provide a password expiration date after which the user will be required to change his password 67 Chapter 5 System Section Groups Shows the list of available groups where you can select the groups to which any u
62. guring a Client to Use DHCP 56 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section 4 4 Wireless Connections Management Roaming vad This tool shows the wireless networks currently available and allows you to switch between them in and to change their configurations If you haven t configured your wireless interface yet please PF refer to Wireless Connection page 44 for information figure 4 13 shows DrakRoam s interface a list of the available networks together with their status and buttons for actions at the bottom Tip You can also right click on the signal meter icon in the panel and choose Manage wireless networks then enter root s password to access the tool i Wireless connection lt N Device gt Intel Corporation PRO Wireless 3945ABG SSID Signal strength Encryption Operating Mode Olvidalo al i WEP Master NS A Y NS Configure Disconnect Refresh Quit Figure 4 13 DrakRoam Interface 4 4 1 Switching Networks To change networks select one of those from the list then click on Connect If the network is public you will be immediately connected If the network is private then you are asked for configuration parameters with the same dialog shown in figure 4 14 Provide required settings in particular the encryption key and click Ok Settings take effect immediately 4 4 2 Configuring a Wireless Connection If you need to change the network parameters just select the network from the list then click
63. he system Select an action in the dialog and then click on the Do it button to perform it 3 7 7 Controlling Automatic Installations Open the Options Configure Auto Administration menu to go to the automatic installation options form 39 Chapter 3 Hardware Section Here you can configure printer administration tasks which should be done automatically Do automatic configuration of new printers x when a USB printer is connected and turned on X when Printerdrake is started Mode for automatic printer setup Allow pop up windows printer setup and package installation may be canceled No pop up windows printer setup and package installation cannot be canceled Re enable disabled printers when a USB printer is connected and turned on when the printing system is started Cancel Figure 3 21 Set Automatic Installation Options You can here configure whether new printers should be automatically detected automatically configured etc 3 7 8 Expert Mode The expert mode activates additional features in the application More Technical Installation Wizard The installation wizard displays more technical information and allows you to configure printer name and other options directly from within the wizard Choose a Different Printer Driver Different drivers are available for the same printer In expert mode a third level appears in the printer model selection list see Choose the Printer page 35 letting you change each pri
64. hine when no network configuration has been found Connection Control Allow users to manage the connection If you wish users to be able to bring up or shutdown the connection without having to provide the root password see Monitoring Connections page 49 check this box Start the connection at boot Uncheck this if you want the connection to be activated on demand only The Net Applet An applet appears in the desktop s panel indicating that the connection is up amp or down d Right click on it to access a menu that will also let you control the connection s state as well as other parameters Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section 4 1 1 2 Wireless Connection This entry allows you to configure WiFi PCMCIA or PCI devices 1 Choose WiFi Card If your card is not listed choose the Use a Windows driver entry The next step then asks you to select the driver from the manufacturer s card drivers CD Choose Network A list of detected networks is then shown Select yours or unlisted otherwise Wireless Settings Operating Mode The mode the card will operate on with respect to the other WiFi devices in the network The most common one is Managed to simply connect to an existing access point Network Name ESSID The name of the network you wish to connect to Ask your network administrator Encryption Mode This depends on the network settings ask your network administrator Encryption key This also dep
65. ich need static addresses Those machines can then be listed in the DNS configuration DNS Server Configuration page 99 99 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards Slave DNS Server Setup your machine as the slave server of another master DNS server Just supply the IP address of the master server for the slave to mirror Then clients can be configured to query both servers if the master fails the slave takes over Add Host in DNS If your machine is a master DNS server you ll be able to declare all the machines with static addresses on your network so that the DNS server can answer requests about them Remove Host in DNS This is used to remove a DNS entry previously added with Add Host in DNS Note Both the Add Host in DNS and Remove Host in DNS wizards only work if your machine is set up as a master DNS server 9 4 Mail Server Configuration SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol An SMTP server allows you to send internal and external mail through it If your server is referenced on the Internet public DNS as an MX server for your domain name then it also receives and manages mail from the Internet addressed to users of your domain This wizard allows you to setup a mail server with Postfix Warning Your server network parameters must not be provided by DHCP for Postfix to work properly The first step consists of choosing whether you intend to use an external SMTP relay or not If you can use one pro
66. ick install process that will upgrade or extend your system s functionally in a few minutes Installing new software on your Mandriva Linux distribution has never been easier Mandriva Linux 2007 Discovery Powerpack and Powerpack users benefit from 30 days of free access to Kiosk with their free Club trial period Discover it now at the Kiosk Website http kiosk mandriva com The Mandriva Kiosk service is free to all Mandriva Club members and is also available as a stand alone service through an annual subscription By subscribing to Kiosk you re getting access to an easy to use web based catalog of new software Free and commercial packages tested exclusively for Kiosk by Mandriva teams packages which seamlessly install on your system packages which install with a single mouse click Enjoy the Kiosk experience 1 6 Contributing to Mandriva Linux The skills of the many talented folks who use Mandriva Linux can be very useful in the making of the Mandriva Linux system Packaging A GNU Linux system is mainly made of programs found on the Internet These need to be packaged in order to work together Programming There are many many projects directly supported by Mandriva find the one which most appeals to you and offer your help to the main developer s Internationalization You can help us translate web pages programs and their respective documentation Consult the development projects http www mandriva c
67. ieve it again from the Internet thus saving bandwidth and improving response time This is very useful if there are many clients behind the gateway The application used to perform this task is Squid http www squid cache org When the wizard is completed any required packages are installed and configured Disable Connection Sharing The next time you launch this wizard the first step proposes either to reconfigure or to disable connection sharing 4 3 2 Configuring the Clients Configuration of the clients mainly depends on whether you chose to install a DHCP server on your gateway or not By configuring the clients on the local network to use DHCP they will automatically use the Mandriva Linux machine as a gateway to the Internet This works for Windows GNU Linux and any other OS which supports DHCP If you have no DHCP server you have to configure each of your machines manually according to the network parameters set on the connection sharing wizard For DHCP on a Mandriva Linux client system make sure you selected DHCP in the Protocol pull down list when configuring the network as shown in figure 4 12 File Options Help a Manage connections Device selected eth0 Realtek Semiconductor RTL 8139 w TCP IP DHCP Options Information IP configuration DNS servers Protocol 7 192 168 0 1 IP address 212 27 39 134 212 27 39 135 Netmask Search Domain Gateway neodoc biz Cancel Help ok Figure 4 12 Confi
68. if only GNU Linux is installed on your machine No otherwise 3 Time To change the time you can either move the hour minute and second hands of the analog clock or change the numbers below it 4 Automatic Clock Synchronization 61 Chapter 5 System Section If you have a permanent Internet connection and want your system to synchronize its internal clock with time servers on the Internet put a check mark in the Enable Network Time Protocol option and select a server in the Server pull down list preferably one near you If you know the name or the IP address of a local server you can also enter it manually in that field When you re finished click on OK to apply your settings or Cancel to close the tool which will discard your changes If you want to return to your previous settings click on Reset 5 4 Monitoring System Activity and Status This tool allows you to look for specific entries in various log files therefore making it easier to search for particular incidents or security threats dditionally a nifty wizard allows you to set up mail alerts to warn you whenever the load is too high on your machine or when a service is down 5 4 1 Browsing System Logs File Options Help y y Logs Settings Matching rpm but not matching Choose file Calendar Authentication X Show only for the selected day August gt 4 2006 gt xX Mandriva Linux Tools Logs Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 Messages
69. in Name Resolver e Apache World Wide Web Server e SSH Server e Samba Server e Xinetd Service Mail alert X Load setting You will receive an alert if the load is higher than this value 6 Load Cancel Previous Next Figure 5 6 Setting up a Mail Alert Load Select the load you which you consider unacceptable by moving the Load slider figure 5 6 A high system load may indicate that a process has gone out of control or simply that there s a very high demand on this machine Therefore a service is suffering from it and is delayed As a rule of thumb the load on your computer should not exceed 3 times the number of processors you have on it 64 Chapter 5 System Section Mail alert aaa Alert configuration Please enter your email address below and enter the name or the IP of the SMTP server you wish to use Email address peter pingus net Email server smtp pingus net Cancel Previous Next Figure 5 7 Setting up a Mail Alert Recipient Finally you need to tell the system to whom these alerts should be sent figure 5 7 Provide an e mail address and the mail server local or on the Internet to relay the alerts to When the wizard is finished an hourly check is set up to verify services availability and the system s load If needed a mail alert is sent to the alerts recipient until the problem is solved 5 5 Access to the Console This tool simply opens a virtual terminal
70. int if it is the 1 time the system has been configured as a gateway the wizard proposes default parameters for the new local network to be managed Check that these values are not already in use in your network and proceed to the next step Otherwise the wizard will first offer to reconfigure the LAN interface so that it will be compatible with the gateway services It is recommended that you leave the default options and click on Next Then all the required software is installed 4 DNS Configuration 1 Note that all traffic to and from this network passing through the gateway will be masqueraded that is it will appear from an Internet point of view to come from the gateway instead of from the LAN 55 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section If you plan on having a local name server on your machine you can check the box Otherwise you can choose to use the name server of your provider If you don t know what a name server is leaving the box checked is safe 5 DHCP Server Configuration Installing a DHCP server on your machine will allow all client machines to have their network configu ration automatically done Otherwise you will have to configure each of the clients by hand IP address network gateway DNS 6 Proxy Caching Server SQUID A caching server records the Internet pages requested by local browsers Then if the same page is asked for again by someone else it is able to serve it without needing to retr
71. inters If the detected printer isn t the correct one check the Manual configuration box and proceed with the printer model step If autodetection fails remove the check mark from all check boxes click on Next and follow the instructions below 37 Chapter 3 Hardware Section 2 Specifying the Driver Manually PrinterDrake displays your printer s model name Choose Select model manually if it s incorrect Select the printer you have or a compatible one see Choose the Printer page 35 if yours is not specifically listed 3 Manufacturer Supplied Driver If you want to install the driver supplied by your printer manufacturer click on the Install a manufacturer supplied PPD file button and select the medium containing the PPD file and browse to it Accept subsequent dialogs to use your chosen PPD file 4 HP Multifunction Devices If you own a multi function device such as those of HP or Sony an information window pops up and gives you information about your scanner and scanner software Installing and Sharing Scanners page 39 Additional required packages are also installed Fax Virtual Printer If your device also provides fax functions you are given an option to create a virtual fax printer that will actually queue the printed documents so they can be later sent via fax 5 Optional Configuration Step If your printer has optional add on devices finishers extra paper trays etc you are asked which features are actually ins
72. ion is beyond the scope of this chapter see Network and Internet Connection Management page 43 vant Figure 9 1 An Example of an Internal Network The server configuration wizards are available through the Control Center when the drakwizard package is installed New categories appear in the Mandriva Linux Control Center so wizards are organized as follows Note Wizards noted as Expert mode only below are only accessible when the expert mode is toggled on Options Expert mode Sharing FIP server FTP Server Configuration page 105 configure where your FTP server should be reachable from Samba server Samba Server Configuration page 102 this wizard helps you set up public shared files and printers and announce their names to the Windows network Samba server fine tuning this set of wizards let you manage and create shares for repositories pu blic user shares Expert mode only Web server Web Server Configuration page 104 to setup your GNU Linux box as a web server We explain how to make it reachable from the Internet Installation server Installation Server Wizard page 108 to allow your network client machines to be installed from the server making CDs and DVDs obsolete Expert mode only 97 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards Network Services DHCP server DHCP Server Configuration page 98 your server can assign IP addresses dynamically to machines on the netw
73. ion to be warned of malicious attempts to access your machine Other entries corresponding to open ports Next you are shown a checkbox for each port you have chosen to open during the previous step Activa ting them will popup a warning each time a connection attempt is made on those ports 7 3 3 Which Interface to Protect The next step consists of selecting the network interface connected to the Internet 90 Please select the interfaces that will be protected by the firewall All interfaces directly connected to Internet should be selected while interfaces connected to a local network may be unselected Which interfaces should be protected Ethernet etho v WiFi eth1 Figure 7 7 The Internet Interface Chapter 7 Security Section If you don t know which interfaces you have connected for the Internet you can check the system network configuration see Reconfigure Interfaces page 48 You can finally click OK to install the required packages activate the firewall and enjoy your secure Internet connection 91 Chapter 7 Security Section 92 Chapter 8 Boot Section 8 1 Configuring the Login Mode This tool allows a user to be automatically logged into the system at boot time without a e password being required Launch the graphical environment when your system starts No do not want autologin Yes want autologin with this user desktop 4I Default user queen 4I Default de
74. iption location Printer manufacturer model Make this printer invisible for other computers Disable Printer Printer communication error handling Print test pages Learn how to use this printer Remove printer Do it Close Figure 3 20 Modifying an Existing Printer Here are some of the most useful entries Printer name description location If you have many printers around it is better to give them explicit names and meaningful descriptions plus a location so people don t end up looking desperately for their printouts in many floors Printer Options Shows the different options available for that printer paper size printout mode etc so you can set a default value for them Make this printer invisible for other computers Printers are normally made available to other computers in the local network Using this option you can disable this behavior for the currently selected printer Disable Printer Use this option to remove a printer from those to the system s users You might need to temporarily disable a printer under maintenance so that users don t try to use it in the meantime When a printer is disabled that option changes to Enable printer Learn how to use this printer Displays information on how to use a particular printer model In the case of a multi function device from HP additional information for the extra functions is also displayed e Remove printer Deletes that printer s configuration from t
75. kDrake can also deal with RAID devices and supports LVM but we will not discuss these advanced uses here Warning DiskDrake is very powerful and can therefore be a dangerous tool Misuse of it can very easily lead to data loss on your hard drive Because of this potential loss of data you are strongly advised to take some protective measures before using DiskDrake 1 Back up your data Transfer it to another computer DVD CD etc 2 Save your current partition table the table describing the partitions held on your hard drive s to a floppy disk see DiskDrake s action buttons page 76 6 1 1 The Interface Filesystem types ED SEES swap Taw Other Empty hda Choose action Details Unmount Mount point home Device hda7 Type Journalised FS ext3 Size 29GB 37 Formatted Mounted Clear all More Help Undo Toggle to expert mode Done Figure 6 1 DiskDrake s Main Window DiskDrake enables you to manage partitions on each physical hard drive on your machine If you only have one IDE disk you will see a single tab called hda below the file system types If there is more than one drive then each drive will have its own tab and will be named according to the Linux name for that drive The window see figure 6 1 is divided into four zones Top The structure of your hard drive When you launch DiskDrake it will display the current structure of the drive DiskDrake will update the display as you make change
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77. keyboard changing layout 28 language keyboard 28 log files searching through 60 login mode autologin 93 configuring 93 graphical interface 93 Mandriva Linux Control Center 3 Mandriva Expert 1 Mandriva Linux mailing lists 1 security 1 Mandriva Store 2 mouse configuration 29 msec 85 87 network connection 43 NFS file sharing 81 package management 9 packages installing 14 management tools 9 packaging 2 partition table 75 partitions formatting 78 management 75 Peter Pingus 7 printer add 33 auto configuration 30 configuration 29 default 33 edit 33 expert mode 33 multi function 36 refresh 33 removal 33 sharing 33 testing 36 PrinterDrake 30 profile boot 51 programming 2 proxy media 13 Queen Pingusa 7 remote control 15 resolution changing display 22 115 Samba 79 directories importing 79 ScannerDrake 39 security choose 85 services configuration at start up 57 synopsis command 6 time adjust 59 time zone settings 59 troubleshooting hardware 22 TV configuration 27 UserDrake 63 users adding 65 generic 7 management 63 Peter Pingus 64 Queen Pingusa 64 WebDAV mounting 82 Windows file sharing 79 81 X graphical server configuration monitor 25 X graphical server on boot up 25 116
78. ld be associated with each file and directory in your system configuration files personal files applications etc If the owners and permissions listed here don t match the actual permissions of the system s files then msec which stands for Mandriva Linux Security Tool will change them during its hourly checks These modifications can help prevent possible security holes or intrusions Note This tool is accessible only in expert mode Choose Options Expert mode from the menu and then access the Security section of Mandriva Linux Control Center File Options Help aM Permissions Here you can see files to use in order to fix permissions owners and groups via msec You can also edit your own rules which will owerwrite the default rules The current security level is 3 Select permissions to see edit Custom amp system settings Editable Path User Group Permissions o root adm 755 I Q bin root root 755 Q bin ping root root 4755 Q bin rpm rpm rpm 755 Q boot root root 755 Q dev root root 755 Q etc root root 755 Q Jjetc conf modules root root 644 b Add a rule Ok Help Cancel Figure 7 3 Configuring File Permission Checks The list of files and directories which appears depends on the current system s security level as set by msec along with their expected permissions for that security level For each entry Path exists a corresponding owner User owner group Group and Permissions In the drop down menu yo
79. list we recommend using the server pool ntp org twice as this server randomly points to available time servers Primary time server pool ntp org Secondary time server pool ntp org Third time server pool ntp org Cancel Previous Figure 9 15 Choosing your Time Servers Choose the time servers to query in order of preference It is advisable to keep the default suggested ones otherwise choose servers which are geographically close to you Then the time zone has to be set use the pulldown lists to choose your geographic location 113 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards 114 Index applications DiskDrake 75 Drakbug 7 DrakPerm 87 DrakSec 85 HardDrake 21 Mandriva Linux Control Center 3 Mandriva Linux Control Center 43 msec 85 87 PrinterDrake 30 Rfbdrake 15 Rpmdrake 9 ScannerDrake 39 UserDrake 63 backup restore 70 wizard 66 bootloader configuration 94 bugs reports 7 CD 78 command exit 63 commands DrakConf 3 console access 63 virtual terminal 63 date adjust 59 development 2 devices removable 78 DHCP 54 DiskDrake hda 75 NFS 81 removable devices 78 Samba 79 Drakbug 7 DrakConf 3 DrakPerm 87 DrakSec 85 DVD 78 file permissions 87 sharing 81 firewall basic configuration 88 floppy 78 fonts management 58 gateway configure 52 disable 54 HardDrake 21 other devices 22 hardware configuration 21 troubleshooting 22 internationalization 2
80. logged in user those changes won t take effect until the next time he or she logs in again Available actions are Add User Adds a new user to the system We will detail this procedure in Adding a New User page 64 Add Group Adds a new user group to the system Edit Allows you to change the parameters of the selected user or group We will detail editing user parameters in Adding a New User page 64 In the case of a group you will be able to assign or remove users from that group Delete Removes the selected user or group from the system A confirmation dialog will be shown and in the case of a user you will also be able to remove the user s home directory and mailbox 5 6 2 Adding a New User We created the non privileged user Queen Pingusa at installation time and now we want to create a new user called Peter Pingus Then we want to make them both members of the fileshare group so that they can share folders with other users on the network Click on the Add User button a dialog box to add a new user will pop up see figure 5 9 The only required field is Login although we strongly recommend that you set up a password for this new user enter it in both the Password and Confirm Password fields You can also choose to add a comment in Full Name Generally this is the full name of the user but you can put whatever you want 66 Chapter 5 System Section Full Name Peter Pingus Login peter Password docere Con
81. m administrator and is sometimes used to vary the text 4 The Drakbug Reporting Tool If you encounter unexpected behavior in Mandriva Linux specific tools Drakbug allows you to report it to the development team Note To be able to report bugs using Drakbug you need a working Internet connection as well as an Drakbug account http qa mandriva com createaccount cgi To run Drakbug go to the Help Report Bug menu entry of the faulty tool or run it from Mandriva Linux Control Center s own menu Drakbug can also be triggered automatically by a crashed Mandriva Linux tool Mandriva Linux release 2007 0 Official for i586 To submit a bug report click on the report button This will open a web browser window on Bugzilla where you ll find a form to fill in The information displayed above will be transferred to that server Things useful to include in your report are the output of Ispci kernel version and proc cpuinfo Select Mandriva Tool or Application Name or Full Path Find Package Package drakconf 10 4 8 1mdv2007 0 Kernel 2 6 17 Amdv Help Report Close Figure 2 Reporting a Bug 1 Identify the Faulty Package In order to correctly report a bug it is important to identify the package it is related to To make this task easier enter the application name in the Application Name or Full Path field and click on the Find Package button 2 Fill in the Report Click on the Report button Your web
82. name for your Mandriva Linux server as shown in figure 9 4 This is the description Windows machines on your network get when requesting more information about the server You may just accept the default or choose whatever name you want Finally you can adjust the log facility parameters Keep the defaults unless you have specific needs When the Samba server is configured you can use the Samba share wizard to create new shares and manage existing ones Please note that it is only available in Expert Mode 103 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help Manage Samba share Add a public share Name of the share PublicShare Comment Public Share for People to Exchange Files in the LAN Path usr local samba shares public Writable yes Public yes Cancel Previous Figure 9 5 Samba Public Share Setup Run the Samba share manager select Public share and proceed to the next step figure 9 5 shows an example of a public share writable by everyone with files hosted on the usr local samba shares public folder in the server Warning Home directories should not be shared by means of a writable public share use the Special share CDrom Homes Profiles option to share home directories instead 9 6 Web Server Configuration eo This wizard will simply let you specify if your web server will be disabled visible from the local network from the external network generally the Internet or fr
83. ng and Updating Software When launching Rpmdrake you have to wait a few seconds while the package databases are scanned Then you are presented with Rpmdrake s main interface Package Search in names gt Search File Options Help Package Accessibili T gt FS archiving Package gt amp Books List 3 Cluster gt Ced WV Communications Q Quick Introduction You can browse tl h the categories tree on the left Package s Detail You can view info etails kages by clicking on it on the right list gt Documentation To install update or remove an application just click on its checkbox Help Selected 0 MB Free disk space 21637 MB Apply Quit Figure 1 2 Rpmdrake Interface Package Set Use this pulldown list to select the types of package to be displayed all of them installed or not only installed ones to be uninstalled only uninstalled ones to be installed and a few options for updated packages all security fixes bug fixes normal updates Each time a package set is selected the Categories Tree is rebuilt to display matching packages only Package Search If you are not sure about a package name use this facility to search for it Type the string to be searched for select the critera using the pulldown list and click Search You can search for package names in names package descriptions in descriptions and the package providing a given file in file name
84. ng your Files page 66 Mount Points Managing your Hard Drive Partitions with DiskDrake page 75 Preface Managing Removable Devices page 78 Importing Remote NFS Directories page 81 Manage NFS Shares Allows you to create and maintain shares to be mounted by other UNIX machines on the local network Importing Remote SMB Directories page 79 Setting up WebDAV Mount Points page 82 This utility allows you to mount remote WebDAV directories Allowing Users to Share Folders page 81 Manage Samba configuration This tool allows you to manage the folders and printers of your machine shared with Windows machines on the local network It also allows you to manage Samba users for shares access control Security Securing your Machine through DrakSec page 85 Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center s expert mode Controlling File Permissions with DrakPerm page 87 Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center s expert mode Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall page 88 Setup network interfaces failover and firewall replication mainly useful for clusters this tool allows you to define redundancy for network interfaces as well as firewall replication Boot Configuring the Login Mode page 93 Changing your Boot up Configuration page 93 Customizing your Boot Theme page 94 Table 1 Overview of Graphical Tools Note Additionally the
85. nge media dependent options Hard Disk Drive The local hard disk drive is used to prepare backups for all media except NFS and direct to tape You should not perform backups on your local hard disk anyway you should always backup on remote or removable media You can set the directory for storage and the limit of storage space You can also set how many days to keep incremental or differential backups in order to save disk space Across the Network To store the backup on a remote computer accessible using different methods You can set the connection parameters as well as the access method and its options if applicable Please note that NFS backups are considered to be local disk backups even if they are effectively stored on a remote system On Tape You can set the tape device if it s not detected automatically and tape parameters such as writing directly on tape whether or not to rewind erase and eject the tape Optical Media CD R This is our preferred media for the example so click on its Configure button to set the required parameters see figure 5 13 69 Chapter 5 System Section Fle Options Help lt Backups Fle Help X Use CD R DVD R to backup Choose your CD DVD device dev sgO Choose your CD DVD media size 700MB v Multisession CD CDRW media X Erase your RW media 1st Session Erase Now X DVD RW media X DVD R media DVDRAM device Cancel Help Previous Figure 5 13 Setting Optical Me
86. nistrator is a power user with grant access on LDAP database cn Administrator dc enterprise dc net LDAP directory tree dc neodoc dc biz LDAP Administrator cn Administrator dc neodoc dc biz LDAP Password Aotototototor LDAP Password again Xotololototor Cancel Previous Figure 9 12 LDAP Server Configuration Once the configuration is set and the server launched running the wizard again gives you the following options Show Ldap configuration Shows current server configuration useful to configure possible LDAP clients Delete Ldap configuration Removes current server configuration and stops the server You are informed of the file name where current LDAP directory information will be stored in LDIF format Add user in Ldap server Starts a little wizard which allows you to add new users inside the users directory 9 11 Proxy Server Configuration as A proxy server is very useful for a local network accessing many web pages across a slow or relati vely slow connection It maintains a cache of most visited pages so that they don t need to be retrieved again from the Internet if requested by different users This wizards sets up the Squid proxy server First of all you need to choose a port for the proxy to listen to requests on Users have to configure their web browsers to use this port as the proxy port and your server s name or IP address as the proxy server 110 Chapter 9 Seroer Configuration Wizards File O
87. nter s driver No Automatic Configuration If PrinterDrake is in expert mode it doesn t automatically configure new local printers on start up Use the Add printer button to configure the printer However you can choose to Configure Auto Administration from the Options menu to override that behavior Automatic correction of CUPS configuration This new option appears in the CUPS server configuration window figure 3 15 It is activated by default Leave the mouse over the option name to get more information about what it does 3 8 Installing and Sharing Scanners The ScannerDrake wizard helps you install your scanner Make sure your scanner is powered T on and launch ScannerDrake by clicking on the Scanners entry of the Mandriva Linux Control 3 Center s Hardware section a 1 note that not all scanners are supported under GNU Linux Before buying new hardware remem ber to check out Mandriva s Hardware Database http hcl mandriva com and the SANE home page http www sane project org for compatibility issues 40 Chapter 3 Hardware Section 3 8 1 Main Interface and Scanner Installation The program tries to detect your scanner s manufacturer and model If it finds the scanner then information about it is displayed in the upper part of the wizard s main window The window also offers a few action buttons figure 3 22 Fle Options Help Scanners There are no scanners found which are available on your s
88. nticates you before allowing you to connect to the Internet This is usually com bined with a firewall which only guarantees the proxy direct access to the Internet They are referred to as authentication proxies In corporate or business environments proxies perform both caching and authenti cation functions for performance and security reasons 4 2 Activating and Managing Network Profiles se Mandriva Linux Control Center profiles enable you to store different configuration sets for your machi me for example for different locations This is especially useful for laptops which need a different configuration for home at the office the coffee shop etc The parameters that can change from one profile to another are Network Configuration Activate different interfaces with different configuration for wireless for example Services Configuration Allows you to activate different services from one profile to another for example a firewall at home and no firewall at the office see Configuring Start Up Services page 57 4 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 52 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section AT m Network profiles This tool allows to activate an existing network profile and to manage clone delete profiles To modify a profile you have to acti
89. o click on the Resize button A dialog appears which allows you to choose the new size for the home partition Move the slider to reflect the new size then click on OK Choose the new size New size in MB ganon Minimum size 516 MB Maximum size 29781 MB Cancel Ok When this is done you will notice that the graphic representation of your hard drive has changed The home partition is smaller and an empty space appears on the right Click on the empty space and then on the Create button which appears A dialog will let you choose the parameters for the new partition Set the size choose the file system you want to use usually Journalized FS ext3 and then enter the mount point for the partition which in our example will be var ftp 1578 Size in MB Filesystem type Journalised FS ext3 44 I Mount point Ivar ftp Cancel Ok This is how our projected partition table now looks like 77 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories hda hdb Choose action Details Mount point i Mount point var ftp Dosisn Device hda7 Type Journalised FS ext3 Size 4GB 2896 Delete Not formatted Clear all More Help Undo Toggle to expert mode Done 6 Thelaststep is to format prepare to host files the newly created partition To format the partition click on its representation in the partitions picture then on the Format button Confirm the writing of the partition table to disk the formatting of the partition an
90. o the FTP server If the FTP authentication is made in clear text this option is not recommended File Options Help ool Configure FTP FTP server options step 2 Chroot home user users will only see their home directory Allow FTP resume allow resume upload or download on FTP server Allow FXP allow file transfer via another FTP FTP Port 21 Chroot home user v Allow FTP resume v Allow FXP Cancel Previous Figure 9 9 FTP Server Options You are then allowed to configure a few options figure 9 9 FTP Port The standard FTP port is 21 if you specify something else here FTP clients will have to be configured accordingly Chroot home user By checking this option users who log into the FTP server will be boxed inside their home directories Allow FTP resume If your server is likely to host large files it might be prudent to allow users to resume downloads Allow FXP Check this option if you want your server to be able to exchange files with other FTP servers Please note that the FXP protocol is not very secure To begin populating your FTP server simply put the files in the var ftp pub directory You can connect to your FTP server as soon as the wizard is finished through the tp 1ocalhost pub URL Home direc tories are also accessible by default with local password authentication If queen wants to access her home directory she has to use the ftp queen localhost URL 107 Chapter 9 Server C
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92. om both Check the appropriate boxes as shown in figure 9 6 104 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help x Configure web server Web server Your server can act as a Web server toward your internal network intranet and as a Web server for the Internet Select the kind of Web service you want to activate Don t check any box if you don t want to activate your Web server Enable the Web server for the intranet v Enable the Web server for the Internet Cancel Previous Figure 9 6 Defining the Web Server Visibility Warning If your server network parameters are provided by DHCP the web server might not function properly if set to be visible from the Internet Then you can enable the feature which gives users the option to maintain their own web sites available from the http server_name user URL The directory where they store their sites public html inside the user s home directory by default can also be changed if this option is checked Finally you can specify the directory where the files to be served by the server will be stored known as the Document Root To publish your web site simply put the files in the chosen directory You can connect to your web site as soon as the wizard is finished through the http localhost URL 9 7 FTP Server Configuration This wizard resembles the one used to configure a web server It will let you specify whether FTP should b
93. om en community contribute join page to learn more about how you can contribute to the evolution of Mandriva Linux Preface 2 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 3 e Access the Mandriva Linux Control Center through the main menu System Configuration Configure Your Computer Note Some of the Mandriva Linux Control Center components are also available from the command line in text mode by running drakconf File Options Help om Welcome to the Mandriva Linux Control Center b Software Management M x i Look at installable at dina M e Online Administration ne ci d uninstall software DNE H p g packages E Hardware Look at available Select from where Q9 Network amp Internet amp updates and apply e software packages any fixes or are downloaded upgrades to m when updating the El System installed packages system Q Mount Points R Security y BD gum Figure 1 The Control Center s Main Window Here are some of the available menu entries Options Display Logs When activated this option displays a Tools Logs window It shows all system mo difications made by the configuration tools launched from within Mandriva Linux Control Center e Options Expert mode Gives you access to some of the more advanced tools which are shown in the table below Help Help Opens the
94. on Configure See figure 4 14 for an example of a secured wireless network connection 57 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section Please enter settings for network Operating Mode Managed 4I Encryption mode Restricted WEP 7 Encryption key V3ryS3cr3t Automatic IP BOOTP DHCP Manual configuration Get DNS servers from DHCP Ok Advanced Cancel Figure 4 14 Changing Wireless Network Configuration Make your adjustments and click Ok the settings take effect immediately 58 Chapter 5 System Section 5 1 Configuring Start Up Services L At boot time the system starts a number of services programs which run in the background to perform a variety of tasks This tool gives the administrator control over those services See PER File Options Help Services nicauei runny lisa running mandi running messagebus running mtink stopped named running netfs running network running nfs running nfslock running Ok Services and daemons nny t MI UUL stare Info X On boot Start inf Network monitoring daemon Interactive inr Firewall and wireless M o A Lc cuo Info On boot Start Info X On boot Start Info X On boot Start Info X On boot Start Info X On boot Start Info X On boot Start Figure 5 1 Choosing the Services Available at Boot Time For each service this is the list of items found in each column e Service name Current Status either running or stopped 2wp
95. oncepts Virtual Network Computing VNC An environment which allows you to interact with a remote computer as if you were sitting in front of that computer The computers don t have to be of the same type nor do they have to be running the same OS they only need a working TCP IP network connection Controlled Computer This is the computer to be controlled without the need or the possibility to be actually sitting at its console It is remote from your location Also called the server Controlling Computer This is the computer in front of which you re sitting from where you interact with the controlled remote computer Also called the viewer 2 2 Installation and Setup Make sure the rfbdrake package is installed and then access Rfbdrake through the Mandriva Linux Control Center an Online Administration section is accessible from which you can start the Remote Control of another machine Linux Unix Windows utility 2 2 1 Controlled Computer Setup Two scenarios can occur here either you or the person you are assisting can access Rfbdrake local access or not typically remote administration tasks then you need to follow the remote access procedure described in Remote Administration Access page 16 Firewall If the system to be controlled is behind a firewall then you have to make sure that port tcp 5900 N is opened on the firewall where N is the VNC server display number 2 2 1 1 Local Access For the
96. onfiguration Wizards Note To enable anonymous login on the FTP server you need to install the proftpd anonymous package 9 8 Installation Server Wizard You are performing lots of installations and are tired of changing CDs This wizard is for you It configures your machine to act as an installation server so new machines can get all required packages directly from your server on the local network either for initial installation or for maintenance File Options Help Configure installation server Install server configuration Path to data specify your source directory should be base of a Linux installation Destination directory copy files in which directory Path to data mnt cdrom Destination directory var install Mandriva Cancel Previous Figure 9 10 Copying Installation Sources Specify the location to copy the CDs or DVD from and a place on your disk where the files are to be stored Note If you get an error please check that the medium you selected as source is mounted 9 9 NIS and Autofs Servers Wizard m NIS stands for Network Information Service and allows you to centralize your users authenti cation and home directories Run this wizard if you want users to have access to their own environment no matter which machine on the local network they connect from 108 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help M Configure NIS and Autofs as Nis NIS server with autofs map
97. oo txt not oo txt or filename The square brackets denote optional arguments which you may or may not include in the command The ellipsis means an arbitrary number of arguments may be included The curly brackets contain the arguments authorized at this specific place One of them is to be placed here 3 2 2 Special Notations From time to time you will be asked to press for example the keys Ctrl R which means you need to press and hold the Ctrl key and tap the R character right after as well The same applies for the Alt and Shift keys Note We use capital letters to represent the letter keys this doesn t mean that you have to type them capitalized However there might be programs where typing R is not the same than typing r You will be informed when dealing with such programs Regarding menus going to menu item File Reload user config Ctrl R means click on the File text displayed on the menu generally located in the upper left of the window Then in the pull down menu click on the Re Preface load user config item Furthermore you are informed that you can use the Ctrl R key combination as described above to get the same result 3 2 3 System Generic Users Whenever possible we use two generic users in our examples Queen Pingusa queen This is our default user used through most examples in this book Peter Pingus peter This user can be created afterward by the syste
98. ootloader Either one will allow you to boot Mandriva Linux it s just a question of taste Unless you know what you re doing you shouldn t change the default Boot device shown since that s where the bootloader installs itself If more than one OS is installed on your machine it s a good idea to leave at least 5 seconds so that you can easily select a different menu item than the default image The dialog finally shows a few options which can be useful depending on your specific hardware Enable ACPI Enable this option to allow better power management support if your hardware is ACPI compatible ACPI is often needed for new laptops which no longer support APM Advanced options Click on Advanced to be able to wipe the contents of the tmp directory which might hold some files you download from the Internet for instance and to tell Linux how much RAM your machine has should this prove to be an issue at boot time 8 2 2 Managing Boot Entries After clicking Next the list of available entries at boot time is displayed the default one is marked by a star It s also possible to make an entry the default one by checking the Default check box in the Modify dialog 8 3 Customizing your Boot Theme Uncheck the Display theme under console option if you want a clean traditional console This relates to those accessible through the Ctrl Alt Fn keys The Boot Theme utility enables you to change the default theme displayed at boo
99. org v412 bttv htm1 Do Need This Tool Modern TV viewing programs such as kdetv or TVtime have their own configuration and channel scanning interface embedded You only need to run DrakxTV if you plan to use xawtv with old TV cards based on the btxxx or saa71xx chips Tip Make sure your card is correctly connected to your antenna or cable so that channel scanning runs properly 27 Chapter 3 Hardware Section For most modern TV cards the bttv module of the GNU Linux kernel just auto detect the rights parameters If your card is misdetected you can force the right tuner and card types here Just select your tv card parameters if needed b 3Dfx Auto detect A imi Card model Bestbuy r Alps Auto detect Tuner type HITACHI V7 J180AT b LG Vv 7 Vv VY MT2nf vv iinivercsal Radio support enable radio support Cancel Advanced Figure 3 6 Choosing the TV Card Model When you first launch the tool and if a TV card is detected the main configuration dialog figure 3 6 will appear Leave the default Auto detect entries and press OK If you notice afterward that your card was not properly configured you can run DrakxTV again and select the proper card Please type in your tv norm and country TV norm NTSC Area USA broadcast User Cancel Ok Figure 3 7 Choosing the TV Norm and Country You simply need to inform DrakxTV about the norm used for the television signal you receiv
100. ork DNS server DNS Server Configuration page 99 to configure name resolution for machines inside and outside the private network Proxy server Proxy Server Configuration page 110 configure your server to act as a web proxy cache This speeds up web browsing while limiting the bandwidth usage on the Internet Time server Time Configuration page 112 your machine can also supply time to other machines using NTP Network Time Protocol OpenSSH server to let people connect to your server and use its console as if they were sitting there through a secure communications channel Authentication Change authentication method to set up the local users authentication scheme local LDAP NIS Win dows Domain Expert mode only NIS server NIS and Autofs Servers Wizard page 108 to set up the Network Information System cen tralizing users authentication and home directories LDAP server LDAP Configuration Wizard page 109 to set up a simple LDAP repository to be used as authentication mechanism Groupware Mail server Mail Server Configuration page 100 configure your mail domain for sending and receiving mail to and from the outside world You can access the wizards by clicking on their corresponding buttons We describe wizards for the most common services in no particular order Note that the required packages are installed by the wizard if they are not already available Note For experience
101. outside world Examples of port specifications are presented just above the input field use them as a guide It s possible to specify port ranges by using the syntax such as 24300 24350 udp This Won t Block You from Accessing the Net Not checking a service in this list won t stop you from con necting to it It will only prevent people from the Internet connecting to that service on your machine If you don t plan on hosting any services on your machine common case for a desktop machine just leave all boxes unchecked How to Disable the Firewall On the other hand if you wish to disable the firewall and leave all services accessible from the outside check Everything no firewall but please bear in mind that this is very insecure and therefore not recommended 89 Chapter 7 Security Section 7 3 2 Activate Interactive Firewall Feature Interactive Firewall You can be warned when someone accesses to a service or tries to intrude into your computer Please select which network activities should be watched v Use Interactive Firewall v Port scan detection v SSH server v Echo request ping Cancel Figure 7 6 Interactive Firewall Options Stay Informed of Connections on your Machine a eractive firewall can warn you of connection attempts on your machine by displaying alert popups ugh the network applet Check the Use Interactive Firewall option to activate this feature Port scan detection Activate this opt
102. ptions Help as Configure proxy ai Proxy Cache Size Memory Cache is the amount of RAM dedicated to cache memory operations note that actual memory usage of the whole squid process is bigger Disk Cache is the amount of disk space that can be used for caching on disk For your information here is var spool squid space on disk Filesystem 1M blocks Used Available Use Mounted on dev hdal 7866 1961 5506 27 Memory cache MB 78 Disk space MB 2753 Cancel Previous Figure 9 13 Choose the Cache Size Depending on your machine s available memory you can allocate more or less to the proxy The bigger the memory cache the fewer disk accesses on the server Depending on your available disk size you can allocate more or less room for cached pages The more the space the less accesses to the Internet The wizard chooses appropriate values for your system if in doubt just accept the proposed ones In the next step some access levels are available for clients wishing to use the proxy All There is no restriction all computers are granted access to the cache This setting is not very secure and thus not recommended Localhost Only the local machine the server can access its own proxy Local Network Only machines on the local network can access the proxy This is the recommended setting 111 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help P Configure proxy c Grant access on local ne
103. remote machine see Controlling Computer Setup page 16 16 Chapter 2 Controlling a Remote Machine 2 2 2 Controlling Computer Setup j E Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Type Want to take control linux client Allow control of my machine linux server Windows Terminal Services Client configuration Remote server Address 192 168 0 221 v Display Number default 0 Enter Password pook FullScreen Help Connect Cancel Figure 2 2 Viewer Options 1 On the machine which will act as the controller viewer computer run Rfbdrake and select the Want to take control linux client option 2 Fill the Remote server Address pull down list with the IP address or hostname of the computer to be con trolled 3 Fill the Display Number field with the remote computer s display number or leave it empty to use the default display number 0 Enter the server password in the Enter Password field Optionally put a mark in the FullScreen check box to have the remote computer s desktop use all of the controller computer s screen Otherwise the remote desktop will be displayed in a window 6 Once you are satisfied with your settings click on the Connect button to access the remote computer 17 Chapter 2 Controlling a Remote Machine 2 3 Connecting to a Windows Terminal Server j E Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Type Want to take control linux client Allow control of my machine linux
104. rinter sharing on hosts networks Local network s Additional CUPS servers None Japanese text printing mode Cancel Figure 3 15 CUPS Printer Server Configuration Chapter 3 Hardware Section This dialog enables you to switch between the client and server printing modes through the Remote CUPS server and no local CUPS daemon button This button enables you to select between two remote server access methods In the first method your server must have a CUPS daemon running and be listening on port 631 in order to manage the print queue and to listen for jobs coming in from applications In this case the CUPS server broadcasts its presence to the entire network This is the default configuration In the second method the CUPS daemon is still required to manage the queue and to handle jobs coming in on port 631 but it does not broadcast its presence to the network In this case the clients do not need to run a CUPS daemon instead they have a configuration file which contains the IP address of the server In this way the clients know they can sent jobs directly to the IP address Advantages Disadvantages Method 1 No client configuration required Runs with at least one open port and consumes extra machine resources Method 2 No local printing system No open If the IP of the server changes or ports the client changes to another network then reconfiguration is required Table 3 1 Considerations 3
105. rsistent between sessions Click on No to exit without saving your changes 6 4 Importing Remote NFS Directories This tool is exactly the same as the one mentioned in Importing Remote SMB Directories page 79 except that it controls file sharing through the NFS protocol rather than SMB Therefore it allows you to locally import shared files from NFS friendly machines The interface is the same as the one described in Importing Remote SMB Directories page 79 and the effects are similar ime Only the corresponding machines are different UNIX for NFS and Windows for SMB One other difference is that there is no need to provide a password to access NFS shares The authentication mechanism is host based 6 5 Allowing Users to Share Folders This tool enables you to share files with other users of your computer network File sharing can be done on heterogeneous systems such as GNU Linux and Windows The file sharing configuration is done in two simple steps determining who can export folders and then which protocol to use A third step is necessary if you select the Custom export option 80 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories Fle Options Help E Local disk sharing Would you like to allow users to share some of their directories Allowing this will permit users to simply click on Share in konqueror and nautilus Custom permit a per user granularity No sharing Allow all users Cancel Ok Figure 6 5
106. s Left A menu relevant to the partition currently selected in the above diagram e Right A description of the selected partition Bottom Buttons for executing general actions See DiskDrake s action buttons page 76 We will now review the actions available through the buttons at the bottom of the window and then describe a practical use case 75 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories 6 1 2 DiskDrake s action buttons Clear all Clicking on this button will clear all partitions on the current hard drive More Displays a dialog allowing you to Save partition table Allows you to save the current partition table to a file on a disk a floppy for exam ple This may prove useful if a problem arises such as an error made during drive repartitioning Restore partition table Allows you to restore the partition table as previously saved with Save partition table Restoring a partition table may recover your data as long as you do not reformat partitions because the formatting process overwrites all your data Rescue partition table If you lose your partition table and have no backup this function scans your hard drive to try and reconstruct the partition table Help Display this documentation in a browser window Undo Cancels last action Most modifications done on your partitions are not made permanent until DiskDrake warns you it will write the partition table This button therefore allows you to undo all o
107. s Note If your software media repositories are configured to use the synthesized package lists the summary synthesis files not the full hdlist ones you will not be able to look for the package providing a given file You will only be able to search for package names and descriptions Categories Tree To ease management packages are classified into categories Networking Office Games Development Graphics etc Open a category to display packages which match the current criteria set using Package Set and Package Search Package List Where currently matching packages Set Category and Search Criteria are displayed This is where you select packages to be installed removed and upgraded Package Details Displays details about the currently selected package in the Package List Note Additionally a status bar in the lower part of the window displays messages about actions currently in progress or completed 10 Chapter 1 Package Management Actions on Packages 1 Limit List of Packages Displayed Use the Package Set pulldown list the Categories Tree and optionally the Package Search facility to brow se for packages to be installed removed or updated Select Packages In the Packages List select packages to be installed removed or updated If the checkbox by the package name is empty it means that the package can be installed or upgraded once selected it will be marked with the amp icon If the checkbox b
108. s chosen at print time A cross appears in the Def column of that printer Edit opens the printer configuration dialog described in Reconfiguring an Existing Printer page 37 Delete removes the selected printer from the available printer pool Refresh updates the list of available printers especially useful for networked printers Configure CUPS by default your system is open PrinterDrake uses all of the network s available printers and shares all of its local printers with the local network Click on this button if you don t want to access network printers or if you want to restrict the access to your local printers This dialog also lets you configure access to print servers outside the local network see Print Seroer General Configuration page 33 Note The Options Expert mode menu adds extra features to the tool See Expert Mode page 38 3 7 4 Print Server General Configuration The Configure CUPS button allows you to control the behavior of printers connected to your machine and to your network 34 Here you can choose whether the printers connected to this machine should be accessible by remote machines and by which remote machines You can also decide here whether printers on remote machines should be automatically made available on this machine Remote CUPS server and no local CUPS daemon Off X The printers on this machine are available to other computers X Automatically find available printers on remote machines P
109. s makes sense because it is likely that you will have access to the system s installation media from which applications can be easily installed again on the target computer Select Backup Users to include all the files included in all of your users home directories Clicking on the Select user manually button lets you select individual users and give you the following options 68 Chapter 5 System Section Do not include the browser cache Selecting this option is recommended due to the very nature of the ever changing browser cache Use Incremental Differential Backups Selecting this will preserve old backups Choosing Use Incremental Bac kups will only save files which have been changed or added since the last backup operation Choosing Use Differential Backups will only save files which have been changed or added since the first backup operation also known as the base backup This last option takes more space than the first one but allows you to restore the system as it was at any given point in time for which a differential backup was made 5 7 1 2 Second Step Where to Store the Backup Fle Options Help EM Backups File Help Please choose where you want to backup Hard Drive used to prepare backups for all media Across Network On CD R Configure On Tape Device Cancel Help Previous Figure 5 12 Selecting Where to Store the Backup All possible backup media are listed along with a Configure button to cha
110. s on your network this tool allows you to associate names to those IPs easier to remember System Menu style configuration This utility allows you to switch the menu style from the Discovery one to the more complete Mandriva one Select the authentication method This tool allows you to change the way users are authenticated on your computer Various authentication methods are available If you select a method other than Local file you are asked to provide some parameters which vary from one method to the other If you don t know those parameters you should ask your network administrator Available only in Mandriva Linux Control Center s expert mode 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 Configuring Start Up Services page 57 Managing Fonts on your System with DrakFont page 57 Setting your Machine s Date and Time page 59 Select the language and the country or region This utility allows you to switch the main language of the system as well as local settings First choose the language to be used then the country or region Monitoring System Activity and Status page 60 Console simply opens a terminal to directly enter commands from the administrator account root Managing Users and Groups page 63 Backing Up and Restori
111. sed on trust and the pleasure of rewarding others for their contributions We also invite you to subscribe to the various mailing lists http www mandriva com community resources newsgroups where the Mandriva Linux community demonstrates its high spirits and keen debates Please also remember to connect to our security page http www mandriva com security It gathers all security related material about Mandriva Linux distributions You will find security and bug advisories as well as kernel update procedures the different security oriented mailing lists which you can join and Mandriva On line https www mandrivaonline com This page is a must for any server administrator or user concerned about security 1 2 Join the Club Mandriva Club is the place where users meet to help each other out exchange valuable information about Mandriva Linux get informed of the latest Mandriva Linux and Open Source news Club subscribers have privileged access to an even wider array of services With your Mandriva ID you have free access to help forums chat Knowledge Base with tutorials how tos tips and tricks news e more Mandriva and community contributed content As a Club Member you have exclusive access to 50 000 software packages including commercial software drivers demos super fast download servers official Mandriva Linux documentation Mandriva Online Services Kiosk Online Expert and eTraining p
112. ser should belong For our users we just need to look for the ileshare entry and check the box associated to it Then click on the OK button to make the changes effective 5 7 Backing Up and Restoring your Files This tool allows you to back up data present on your computer onto different media and also to a remote machine over a network It also supports multiple profiles for different backup scenarios Once the parameters are set you can run the backup periodically Then you can forget about it until you wish or need to restore files 5 7 1 A Practical Example Using the Wizard You can access this tool by clicking on the Backups icon in Mandriva Linux Control Center s System section Click on the Wizard Configuration button to start the wizard After making your choices in each step click on Next 5 7 1 1 First Step What to Backup File Options Help EX Backups File Help Please choose what you want to backup X Backup System X Backup Users Default is all users Select user manually Cancel Help Previous Figure 5 11 Selecting What to Backup Select Backup System to include the etc directory where all your current system configuration files lie This allows you to transport your system to a different computer with little effort only hardware dependent configuration will have to be revised Note The system backup does not include applications themselves i e executable files libraries A priori thi
113. server Windows Terminal Services Windows Terminal Services Windows Hostname xp test Screen Size 1024x768 v Keyboard Language en gb v FullScreen Help Connect Cancel Figure 2 3 Windows Terminal Services Options 1 Select the Windows Terminal Services option to connect to Terminal Services on a Windows machine 2 Fill the Windows Hostname pull down list with the hostname of the Windows machine or its IP address 3 Select a desktop size in the Screen Size pull down list and a language for the keyboard in the Keyboard Language pull down list 4 Finally click on the Connect button once you re satisfied with your settings 2 4 Remote Control in Action Once you connect to the remote computer you see its desktop and you are able to perform any action as if you were sitting in front of it 18 Chapter 2 Controlling a Remote Machine TIGhtVNG peters X desktop Uluxpox 1 Welcome Most Used Applications amp Configure Your Computer ms KRandRTray All Applications DX 4 Internet 3H Multimedia A E Terminals amp More Applications EXSUETETTBBNG Configure Your Desktop 0 Home E archiving configure Your computer n g Actions J Find Files Folders Hardware E Find E Monitoring gt amp amp Packaging f gt Recent Documents H Run Command EJ Lock Session 9 Log Out 9 f amp Mandriva Linu XX TightVNC pe E 838i peter linuxbo i 1 s erg ay M
114. sktop KDE Cancel Ok Figure 8 1 Choosing the Login Mode Here are the available parameters Graphical Interface If you wish to have the X Window System graphical display started at boot time check the Launch the graphical environment when your system starts box If you leave it unchecked the text login will be displayed and you will need to start the graphical environment manually Autologin If you re the only person using your machine and nobody else has access to it you may choose to be automatically logged in at boot time 1 Select the Yes want to autologin with this user desktop option 2 Choose the user you want to be logged on automatically in the Default user pull down menu 3 Choose the preferred Default desktop in the pull down menu 8 2 Changing your Boot up Configuration This tool allows you to configure the bootloader and the boot menu entries m Warning Unless you re an expert it s not recommended that you change these settings as this may prevent you from booting your machine the next time you try to power it on 93 Chapter 8 Boot Section Boot Style Configuration Bootloader Bootloader to use LILO with graphical menu Boot device dev hda Maxtor 6E040L0 Y Main options Delay before booting default image 10 Enable ACPI Cancel Advanced Figure 8 2 Choosing the Boot Mode 8 2 1 Configuring the Bootloader You can choose between the GRUB and the LILO b
115. software will be installed Yes Figure 3 13 A New Printer Is Detected Simply confirm the automatic installation of the new printer The main configuration interface see figure 3 14 is then displayed Make sure you check that the printer parameters fit your needs see Reconfiguring an Existing Printer page 37 3 7 2 3 A Printer is Already Configured The main configuration interface see figure 3 14 is shown Make sure that the printer parameters fit your needs see Reconfiguring an Existing Printer page 37 3 7 3 The Printer Management Interface Local and Remote Printers Use the printer configuration tool s first tab for locally connected printers Configured on this machine and the other tab for printers available on your local network Configured on other machines 33 Chapter 3 Hardware Section File Actions Options Help mm Printers e Add Printer Refresh Configure CUPS Search Apply filter a Configured on this machine Configured on other machines iD jPrinter Name State Model Connection Type Description Location X HPDesJet990C Enabled HP DeskJet 990C HP printer on USB HP DESKJET 990C Figure 3 14 Managing Printers The following buttons give you access to all available maintenance tasks Add Printer launches the printer configuration wizard described in The Printer Configuration Wizard page 35 Set as default sets the selected printer as the default printer when no specific printer i
116. ss it Select the property you wish to change and click OK The corresponding dialog pops up in which you can change your settings Then click OK again The system then asks you if you want to save the modifications in the etc fstab file By saying yes you will not have to unmount and re mount that device it is done automatically 6 3 Importing Remote SMB Directories This tool allows the system administrator to give users access to remotely shared directories using the SMB protocol used mainly by Windows scan individually access remote shares through their file managers it may be required in some ca ort a specific share for it to become immediately available for all users We ll go through an example showing you how to import a directory from a Windows machine File Options Help m Samba mount points localhost Search new servers v B neodoc Details Partage Office Aix NEODOC France share CDROM Share Hemingway CD DMS Share NEODOC France OWL share Cancel Done Figure 6 3 Scanning the Whole Network Choose a Server Clicking on the Search servers button scans the local network for machines which currently share directories including the local one We ll choose one of them and make it available locally for all users Choose a Share Clicking on a machine s name will try to connect to it and browse for available shares If that machine has password protected shares a dialog pops up asking you to iden
117. system as well as known hardware that does not fit into the existing categories such as thermal sensors random number generators etc Auto detection of special devices You can also toggle the entries in the Options menu to enable automatic detection of some hardware which wouldn t have been detected otherwise You need to restart HardDrake for those changes to have effect 3 1 2 Problems Troubleshooting If you think you have found a bug related to HardDrake report it using the Mandriva Linux bug reporting tool Sound Cards HardDrake does not probe for ISA PnP devices If you have an ISA PnP sound card run sndconfig or alsaconf from the command line You may need to install the sndconfig package or the alsa utils package 3 2 Controlling the Graphical Configuration This set of tools allows you to configure your graphical display With it you will be able to change your video card your resolution and your monitor It can be useful if you happen to change one of your graphical components after the initial installation If you Don t See Graphical Login at Boot If the graphical server cannot start because of a configuration error a dialog offers to reconfigure the graphical server You will get a tool similar to the one described in Controlling All Video Parameters page 24 but in text mode 22 Chapter 3 Hardware Section The graphical configuration tools are accessible through different icons in the Mandriva Linux Control Cen
118. t it and continue to the next step some para meters connection name phone number to dial and authentication scheme will be automatically set If not select the Unlisted edit manually option 3 Verify the parameters add the missing ones provided by your ISP 46 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section amp y Network amp Internet Configuration Dialup account options Connection name DialupConnection Phone number 123454678 Login ID Peter Password eee Authentication PAP CHAP Cancel Previous Next Figure 4 4 Entering Dial up Connection Parameters All parameters should be obvious except for the authentication type The value in the Authentication pull down depends on what your ISP supports Script based an old type of authentication method based on expect and send types of chat between your system and your ISP Terminal based a terminal window will pop up when the connection is made and you will have to login interactively PAP CHAP or PAP CHAP authentication information exchange protocols CHAP is preferred because it is more secure PAP CHAP will automatically choose the supported one 4 Then come the IP DNS and gateway settings Nowadays most ISPs provide them automatically when a connection is made so selecting the Automatic option on them is usually a safe bet 5 Connection Control Allow users to manage the connection You are then asked whether you wish to allow users to start th
119. t time as well as a few other options e of the available boot modes in the pull down menu figure 8 3 94 Chapter 8 Boot Section Graphical boot mode Silent Display theme under console Create new theme Cancel Ok Figure 8 3 DrakBoot Theme Window The boot theme setting will have no effect if your system isn t set to boot using the graphical mode Please refer to Changing your Boot up Configuration page 93 for more information on setting the boot mode Installing Fancy New Themes If you only have one theme available you may install the bootsplash themes pac kage which you will find in cont ribs Other themes are also available on the web Create Your Own The Create new theme button allows you to fully customize an existing boot theme or create a new boot theme from scratch Adjust the parameters to your liking and save it It will then be accessible in the available Themes list 95 Chapter 8 Boot Section 96 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards 9 1 Foreword The Mandriva Linux configuration wizards are designed to configure servers located between a local network and the Internet They let you quickly and efficiently configure the most common services in a local network as well as Internet web and FIP services We assume that your network is as shown in figure 9 1 and that Mandriva Linux is installed on the server Configuring and bringing up the Internet connect
120. talled 3 7 5 3 Printer Test Several test pages are available see figure 3 19 We recommend you print at least one test page so you can immediately correct the parameters if something is incorrect The printer should begin to print almost imme diately Add a new printer oo Please select the test pages you want to print Note the photo test page can take a rather long time to get printed and on laser printers with too low memory it can even not come out In most cases it is enough to print the standard test page Photo test page Cancel Previous Next Figure 3 19 Testing the Printer 3 7 5 4 It s Done If you re not satisfied with your test page answer the appropriate question with No and you will be led to the printer configuration menu see figure 3 20 where you can correct the settings See Reconfiguring an Existing Printer page 37 Your printer will now appear in the list of available printers in the main window see figure 3 14 38 Chapter 3 Hardware Section 3 7 6 Reconfiguring an Existing Printer Double clicking on a printer s name in the list or clicking on the Edit button displays a menu where you can choose actions to take on the selected printer figure 3 20 You can change the printer name options etc Printer HPDesJet990C HP DeskJet 990C HP printer on USB Default Descr HP DESKJET 990C What do you want to modify on this printer Printer connection type Printer name descr
121. ted via a LAN 42 Chapter 3 Hardware Section File Options Help A Scanners Here you can choose whether the scanners connected to this machine should be accessible by remote machines and by which remote machines You can also decide here whether scanners on remote machines should be made available on this machine X The scanners on this machine are available to other computers Scanner sharing to hosts All remote machines X Use scanners on remote computers Use the scanners on hosts 192 168 0 1 Cancel Figure 3 24 Sharing Scanners within a LAN Share Your Own Scanner 1 Check the The scanners on this machine are available to other computers box 2 Click the Scanner sharing to hosts button and then Add host to specify which hosts will be actually allowed to access your scanner Use Other People Scanners 1 Check the Use scanners on remote computers box 2 Click the Use the scanners on hosts button and then Add host to specify which hosts serve the scanner you wish to use 3 9 Setting up your UPS This tool will configure the NUT Network UPS Tool service for you The service checks the UPS connected to your machine and automatically shuts it down when the UPS is about to run out of battery power Automatic Installation Open the Mandriva Linux Control Center in the hardware section and click on Set up a UPS for power monitoring to launch DrakUPS Check the Connected through a serial port or a USB cable
122. ter Hardware section 3 2 1 Changing the Monitor This tool allows you to change the monitor type currently in use When you click on it a window pops up listing many monitor models see figure 3 2 If your monitor was automatically detected it is listed as Plug n Play along with its model File Options Help Monitor Choose a monitor Custom Plug n Play Vendor P ADI b AOC b AST Y AT amp T AT amp T 14 in Color Economy AT amp T 14 in Color Value AT amp T 14 in Mono AT amp T 15 in Color AT amp T 17 in Color Professional AT amp T 17 in Color Value AT amp T CRT 365 AT amp T CRT 395 P Aamazing Cancel Ok Figure 3 2 Choosing a New Monitor If your monitor wasn t automatically detected you can choose it from the list If you don t find your monitor or a compatible one choose one with parameters corresponding to your own monitor from the Generic entry at the bottom 3 2 2 Changing Resolution This tool enables you to change the current screen resolution 800x600 1024x768 etc and the color depth Simply choose the one you wish to use 23 Chapter 3 Hardware Section File Options Help Screen resolution Choose the resolution and the color depth Graphics card Intel 865 1024x768 65 thousand colors 16 bits Cancel Figure 3 3 Changing the Resolution of your Screen The monitor in the window displays what the desktop will look like with the chosen con
123. the selected day box and choose the desired day from the calendar 4 Search When all is set up click on the Search button The results appear in the Content of the file area at the bottom Clicking on the Save button opens a standard dialog letting you save the search results into a plain text txt file 5 4 2 Setting up Mail Alerts In order to facilitate server monitoring Mandriva Linux supplies a simple tool which sends automatic mail alerts whenever something goes wrong on your server Clicking on the Mail alert button of the LogDrake main interface see figure 5 4 starts the wizard First you re asked whether you wish to configure or stop the mail alert system Choose Configure the mail alert system entry in the pull down list and click Next Mail alert 4446 Services settings You will receive an alert if one of the selected services is no longer running httpd X Apache World Wide Web Server sshd X SSH Server webmin X Webmin Service xinetd X iXinetd Service Cancel Previous Next Figure 5 5 Setting up a Mail Alert Services The next step figure 5 5 allows you to select the services you wish to receive alerts about if they stop working Simply check the service boxes which interest you Note The services listed are the ones present on your system Here s a list of the currently trackable ones e Postfix Mail Server 63 Chapter 5 System Section e Webmin Service e FTP Server e BIND Doma
124. tify yourself Enter the correct Username Password and Domain The available shares on that machine will then appear Click on the little arrow at the left of the machine icon to show available shares Tip If the machine you re connecting to has both public and password protected shares then canceling the password entry dialog will connect you to that machine but only to its public shares 79 Chapter 6 Mount Points and Remote Directories B neodoc y Partage Office Aix NEODOC France share Figure 6 4 Choosing the Remote Directory to Import Once a share is selected a Mount point button appears Clicking on it displays a dialog where you can type the local directory name where remote files will be accessible Once this is done two more buttons appear Mount Makes the resource available locally When this is done users simply have to point their file manager to the directory selected as the mount point to get the files hosted by the server Options Allows you to set a user name and password to access that SMB mount point Other permissions and advanced settings can also be set through this button Import Share on Each Reboot When you re finished configuring the access points for remote directories click on Done A dialog box will appear asking you whether you wish to save your modifications to the etc fstab file where mount point information is usually stored or not Click on Yes to make the shares configuration pe
125. tion Check Rules Priority If you create more rules you can change their priorities by moving them up and down the rules list use the Up and Down buttons on your custom rules to have more control over your system s permissions 7 3 Securing your Internet Access via DrakFirewall tempts made from the outside and blocks unauthorized ones It s a good idea to run it just after installing your machine and before connecting to the Internet therefore minimizing the This little tool allows you to set up a basic firewall on your machine It filters connection at risks of your machine being ccompromised This Wizard consists of the three steps we detail below 88 Chapter 7 Security Section 7 3 1 Choose Services to be Available from Outside Which services would you like to allow the Internet to connect to Everything no firewall Web Server Domain Name Server v SSH server FTP server Mail Server POP and IMAP Server CUPS server Cancel Advanced Ok Figure 7 5 The DrakFirewall Window Open Up Ports If Needed If checked uncheck the Everything no firewall box and then check the boxes corresponding to the services you wish to make available to the outside world If you wish to authorize a service which isn t listed here click on Advanced to manually enter the port numbers to open Opening Unusual Services The Advanced button opens a field named Other ports where you can enter any port to be opened to the
126. tion ll am The following new printer was found and printerdrake can automatically set it up for you If you do not want to have it set up unselect it or click Cancel Note that for certain printer models additional packages need to be installed So keep your installation media handy X HP DeskJet 990C USB printer Do not setup printer automatically again Cancel Figure 3 10 A new Printer was Detected Deactivate Automatic Detection If you don t want the automatic setup popup to show again check Do not setup printer automatically again Then just click Ok all required packages will be installed and the printer configured for you to let you use it right away nothing else to do Configuration It is however recommended that you check the printer default parameters especially paper size To do this launch PrinterDrake from the Mandriva Linux Control Center and follow the instructions from Reconfiguring an Existing Printer page 37 3 7 2 Manual Configuration Tip If you have just installed a printer that wasn t available when you installed Mandriva Linux make sure it is correctly connected and powered on before launching the configuration tool When you first launch the PrinterDrake tool it may be in one of these states 3 7 2 1 There is no printer directly connected to the computer There are no printers found which are directly connected to your machine Make sure that all your printers are connected and
127. turned on Do you want to enable printing on printers in the local network NOTE Depending on the printer model and the printing system up to 80 MB of additional software will be installed Yes Figure 3 11 Activate Printing 31 Chapter 3 Hardware Section The tool did not detect any local printers However you can print on network printers or manually installed printers which weren t detected by clicking on Yes The CUPS printing system can be used in two ways 1 The CUPS printing system can run locally Then locally connected printers can be used and remote printers on other CUPS servers in the same network are automatically discovered Disadvantage of this approach is that more resources on the local machine are needed Additional software packages need to be installed the CUPS daemon has to run in the background and needs some memory and the IPP port port 631 is opened 2 All printing requests are immediately sent to a remote CUPS server Here local resource occupation is reduced to a minimum No CUPS daemon is started or port opened no software infrastructure for setting up local print queues is installed so less memory and disk space is used Disadvantage is that it is not possible to define local printers then and if the specified server is down it cannot be printed at all from this machine How should CUPS be set up on your machine Local CUPS printing system Remote server specify Name or IP here
128. twork Access will be allowed for hosts on the network Here is the information found about your current local network you can modify it if needed You can use either a numeric format like 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 or a text format like domain net Authorized network 192 168 1 0 255 255 255 0 Cancel Previous Figure 9 14 Restrict Access to a Particular Sub network If you have previously chosen the Local Network access policy you can choose to restrict even more the access to a particular subnetwork or domain The wizard will detect your LAN s network address and will offer it by default make modifications if needed Finally if your server itself has access to another larger proxy connected to the Internet you can choose to Define an upper level proxy to which requests will be forwarded If so the next step will ask you for the name and port of that server 9 12 Time Configuration NTP stands for Network Time Protocol and is used to synchronize system time with reference time servers on the Internet This wizard lets you set up a time server for your internal network When you have set up the external time servers your own server will use to correct its internal clock machines on your local network will be able to get the correct time from your local server 112 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards File Options Help amp Configure time Time servers Select a primary a secondary and a third server from the
129. u can choose to display only msec rules System settings your own user defined rules Custom settings or both as in the example shown in figure 7 3 Note You cannot edit system rules as stated by the Do not enter sign on the left However you can override them by adding custom rules Create Your Own Rules If you wish to add your own rules for specific files or modify the default behavior display the Custom settings list and click on the Add a rule button 87 Chapter 7 Security Section Path home queen browse Property Current user Permissions User Group Other Read v Y v Sticky bit Write Set GID Execute lv v v Set UID Ok Cancel Figure 7 4 Adding a File Permissions Rule Customize Your Home Directory Permissions 1 Create a New Rule in msec Let s imagine your current security level is set to 3 high This means that only the owners of the home directories can browse them If you wish to share the content of Queen s home directory with other users you need to modify the permissions of the home queen directory Actually change the Home Permissions msec only changes file permissions that are more permissive than the one required by a certain security level That means that for the change above the permissions must be changed by hand You can do this in Konqueror by modifying the permission properties of your home directory and checking the Apply changes to all sub folders and their contents op
130. us Next Figure 4 3 Setting the ADSL Connection Type 4 Allthe protocol types need at least a user name and a password fill the corresponding fields with them The required packages are installed 5 Youare then asked whether or not to bring the connection up at boot Since ADSL connections are of the always up type you can safely select Yes Finally you can test the connection we strongly recommend you to do so to make sure all parameters are accurate 4 1 1 4 Cable Connection This configuration is very similar to the one described in Wired Ethernet Connection page 43 Make sure you have all required parameters provided by your ISP handy Authentication Some cable ISPs need you to authenticate If this is your case select the Use BPALogin option If you are unsure or don t know it is safe to select the None option 4 1 1 5 ISDN Connection Simply make sure you select the right parameters in all steps concerning your area and provider The last step gives you the option to handle the connection status through the net applet this can prove useful if you only need the Internet connection from time to time 4 1 1 6 Modem Connection POTS 1 A list of detected modems is shown If no modem was detected then only the Manual choice option is shown click on Next and choose the communications port the modem is connected to The required pac kages are installed 2 You then see a list of countries ISPs If yours is listed selec
131. vate it first Profile Home Activate Clone Delete Quit Figure 4 8 The Control Center Profiles Interface Activate Make the selected profile active Clone Creates a new profile based on the selected one s settings A dialog pops up asking for the name of the new profile Don t forget to activate that profile after creating it if you wish to configure it Delete Deletes the currently selected profile without further prompts Please note that a warning is shown if you try to delete the active profile because it cannot be removed while being used The default Profile This is the profile that will be used at boot time It cannot be deleted Example Create a New Profile for your Dial up Home Connection 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 Create a new profile called Home Switch to it Reconfigure your network so that the modem instead of the network card is used to access the Internet see Network and Internet Connection Management page 43 4 Connectto the Internet When back at the office switch back to the default profile 4 2 2 Choosing a Profile at Boot Time It s more convenient to specify a profile at boot time than to activate it once the system is booted drakboot Changing your Boot up Configuration page 93 allo
132. vided by your ISP then choose Relay mail server in the drop down list Otherwise choose Main mail server In the procedure below only the second step differs from one configuration to the other 1 Global Postfix Configuration Smtpd banner The banner your server advertises when talking to other servers or clients Hostname The FODN name of your server Domain The domain handled by this mail server Origin The domain name that locally posted mail appears to come from and that locally posted mail is delivered to 2 Relay for Relay mail server only Relay host This is where you define the mail server responsible for relaying your outgoing messages 100 Chapter 9 Server Configuration Wizards Relay domains What destination domains and subdomains thereof this system relays mail to Mails sent to a do main other than the local domain that are not part of the relay domains are rejected to prevent spam 3 Mainserver Configuration for Main mail server only helo required For security reasons you might require remote clients to identify themselves before starting commu nication Choose yes in this case Disable verify command The verify command can be used by a client to verify a specific user is actually handled by a mail server You can disable it to prevent email harvesting by spammers Masquerade domains This field is used to masquerade the domain from which internal mail appears to come from For example foo
133. wish to configure You can also load a driver for your NIC manually 45 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section 2 3 4 46 Automatic or Static Configuration You now have to specify whether the network parameters are automatically set up Automatic IP BOOTP DHCP or not Manual configuration fill the next steps with the parameters which your ISP or network administrator gave you An example of the manual configuration of IP parameters is shown in figure 4 2 Setting Parameters a File Options Help x New connection Ethernet IP settings IP address 192 168 0 200 Netmask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 0 1 DNS server 1 192 168 0 2 DNS server 2 Host name lappy company net Cancel Advanced Previous Next If you chose the static IP configuration type you have to specify the rest of the parameters namely the hostname DNS server IP address es and the IP address of the machine giving you access to the Internet known as the gateway see figure 4 2 b Dynamic Configuration If you configure the network with DHCP you can optionally provide DNS server information remove the check from the Get DNS servers from DHCP option and fill the corresponding fields with the IP addresses or hostnames of the DNS servers and the machine s hostname remove the check from the Assign host name from DHCP address option and fill the corresponding field with the hostname this is the name which will be assigned to the mac
134. ws you to associate a specific profile to each menu entry of the bootloader 53 Chapter 4 Network amp Internet Section Label linux Home Image boot vmlinuz v Root dev hda5 7 Append resume dev hda6 splash silent Video mode 800x600 16bpp Initrd boot initrd img v Network profile Home Ok Basic Cancel Figure 4 9 Associating a Profile to a Boot Entry Create or modify a boot entry in drakboot In the Advanced options access the Network profile pull down menu and select the profile you want to associate to it 4 3 Internet Connection Sharing This tool configures your system so that it acts as a gateway to the Internet for other machines connected to it via a LAN This is very useful at home for example if you wish all computers to access the Internet through the same Internet link Other local machines Your machine gateway ju Figure 4 10 A Simple Gateway Configuration The overall procedure is the following 1 Configure your Internet access Network and Internet Connection Management page 43 In order for your machine to act as a gateway you need an already configured and working connection to the Internet plus a network connection to your LAN This implies at least two interfaces for example a modem and an Ethernet card 2 Setup the gateway The Gateway Connection Wizard page 53 Configure the other local machines as clients Configuring the Clients page 54 54 Chapter 4
135. y the package name has the Q4 icon it means the package is already installed select it for removal Apply Changes Once you are satisfied with your choices click on Apply to perform the actual install remove and upgrade of these packages A new window appears where you can see the progress of actions being taken If you prefer to leave without doing anything you can just click on Quit Handling Dependencies It may happen that you select a package which requires dependencies additional libraries or another tool or which is a dependency of other packages In this case Rpmdrake displays an information window allowing you to choose whether to accept the selected dependencies to Cancel the operation or to get More info on the operation figure 1 3 To satisfy dependencies the following package s also need to be installed libclanlib2 0 6 5 26mdv2007 0 libclanlib2 mikmod 0 6 5 26mdv2007 0 libclanlib2 sound 0 6 5 26mdv2007 0 libhermes1 1 3 3 2mdk libmikmod2 3 1 11a 4mdv2007 0 Cancel More info Ok Figure 1 3 Dependency Alert Box Alternative Dependencies You may also want to install a package which requires dependencies and various packages are capable of providing that dependency The list of alternatives is then presented figure 1 4 You may read the additional information presented by clicking the Info button to help you choose the best alternative 11 Chapter 1 Package Management One of the following packages
136. ycompany com 8000 You may specify a user password for the proxy authentication User Password Ok Cancel Figure 1 8 Specifying a Proxy for Remote Media Parallel If you are running a large network of computers you may want to install a package on all the computers in parallel this button opens a dialog window allowing the configuration of the Parallel mode As it is rather complicated and only useful to a limited group of people this short introduction will not give further details about it Global options This button allows you to configure the program used to retrieve remote packages and whether the pac kages should be checked against a key These choices affect all package sources Up and Down arrows These buttons allow changing the order in which sources will be used when installing packages By de fault the newest version of a given package will always be installed but if the same version is found on two different media the one from the first medium in the list will be installed Tip Therefore it is better to move fastest media up 14 Chapter 2 Controlling a Remote Machine Being able to remotely control another machine offers many possibilities from remote technical assistance to teaching how an application works In this chapter we describe the configuration and usage of Rfbdrake a tool to easily set up a virtual network computing environment under Mandriva Linux 2 1 Concepts Here are a few c
137. ystem Add a scanner manually Scanner sharing Quit Figure 3 22 Installing your Scanner Search for new scanners Click on this button to autodetect a new scanner you have just plugged in Add a scanner manually Use this button if the automatic detection fails and then look for the specific model you own by browsing through the list of available scanners and models 41 Chapter 3 Hardware Section File Options Help Vv Vv VF z Scanners Genius Grandtek Scopecam Guillemot Hercules Guillemot Hewlett Packard HP3500C HP3530C HP3570C HP4400C HP4470C Most HP OfficeJet LaserJet and PSC Printer Scanner Copier multi function peripherals Photo Grannar 1NNN LINCIIPPARTEN bi Cancel Ok Figure 3 23 The Tree list of All Known Scanner Models Choose the right Port After choosing the appropriate model you can leave the default Auto detect available ports option unless you have a parallel port scanner in which case selecting dev parport0 in the pull down list should be the right choice HP multi function devices Note that HP multi function devices such as the OfficeJet and PSC printers must be configured through Printer Drake Please refer to Configuring Printers with PrinterDrake page 29 The scanning part of non HP multi function devices can be set up with ScannerDrake as a stand alone scanner 3 8 2 Share your Scanner ScannerDrake allows for scanner sharing between users connec

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