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The following list describes many of the graphical tools you can use to administer a Fedora or Red Hat Enterprise Linux system. Start these windows from the Administration submenu on the System menu. The name of the package that must be installed to get the feature is shown in parentheses. The availability of the selections described below depends on which features you have installed. Server Settings—Access the following server configuration windows from this submenu: Domain Name System (system-config-bind)—Create and configure zones if your computer is acting as a DNS server. HTTP (system-config-httpd)—Configure your computer as an Apache Web server. NFS (system-config-nfs)—Set up directories from your system to be shared with other computers on your network using the NFS service. Samba NFS (system-config-nfs)—Configure Windows (SMB) file sharing. (To configure other Samba features, you can use the SWAT window.) Services (system-config-services)—Display and change which services are running on your Fedora system at different run levels from the Service Configuration window. Authentication (authconfig-gtk)—Change how users are authenticated on your system. Usually, Shadow Passwords and MD5 Passwords are selected. However, if your network supports LDAP, Kerberos, SMB, NIS, or Hesiod authentication, you can select to use any of those authentication types. Bootloader —If you have multiple operating systems on your computer, or multiple Linux kernels available to boot in Linux, you can use the Boot Configuration screen to choose which to boot by default. For example, you might have Fedora Linux, SUSE, and Windows XP all on the same hard disk. You could choose which would start automatically (after a set number of seconds), if one wasn’t selected explicitly. Date & Time (system-config-date)—Set the date and time or choose to have an NTP server keep system time in sync. Display (system-config-display)—Change the settings for your X desktop, including color depth and resolution for your display. You can also choose settings for your video card and monitor. Firewall (system-config-firewall)—Configure your firewall to allow or deny services to computers from the network. Hardware Browser (hwbrowser)—View information about your computer’s hardware. Keyboard (system-config-keyboard)—Choose the type of keyboard you are using, based on language. Language (system-config-language)—Select the default language used for the system. Logical Volume Management (system-config-lvm)—Manage your LVM partitions. Login Screen (gdm)—Control how your login screen appears and behaves. Network (system-config-network)—Manage your current network interfaces and add interfaces. Printing (system-config-printer)—Configure local and network printers. Root Password (system-config-rootpassword)—Change the root password. SELinux Management (system-config-selinux)—Set SELinux enforcing modes and default policy. SELinux Troubleshooter (setroubleshoot-server)—Monitor and diagnose SELinux AVC denials. Soundcard Detection (system-config-soundcard)—Try to detect and configure your sound card. System Log (gnome-utils) —View system log files, and search them for keywords. Users & Groups (system-config-users)—Add, display, and change user and group accounts for your Fedora system. Other administrative utilities are available from the Applications menu on the top panel. The Add/Remove Software selection lets you select software from any yum-enabled software repository available on the network. For other administrative tools, select the System Tools submenu to see some of the following options: Configuration Editor (gconf-editor)—Directly edit the GNOME configuration database. Disk Usage Analyzer (gnome-utils)—Display detailed information about your hard disks and removable storage devices. Kickstart (system-config-kickstart)—Create a kickstart configuration file that can be used to install multiple Fedora systems without user interaction. Software Updater (pirut)—Run the Package Updater utility (pup) to get updates for all system packages. Other applications that you add to Fedora or RHEL may also include administrative utilities that will appear in the System Tools submenu.