Introduction to GConf
GConf simplifies the administration of preferences for GNOME Desktop users. GConf enables system administrators to do the following:
- Set mandatory values for particular preferences for all users. In this way, system administrators can control whether users can update particular preferences.
- Set default values for particular preferences for all users.
- Use suggested values for preferences that are specified in definition files for the preferences.
- Read documentation on each preference.
GConf also notifies applications when a preference value changes, locally or across a network. In this way, when you change a preference, all applications that use the preference are immediately updated.
GConf has the following components:
- A repository of user preferences.
- A daemon, gconfd-2.
- A command line tool, gconftool-2.