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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="draksec">
  <info>
    <title xml:id="draksec-ti1">Configure authentication for Mageia
    tools</title>

    <subtitle>draksec</subtitle>
  </info>

  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata xml:id="draksec-im1" revision="1" align="center" format="PNG" fileref="draksec0.png"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>

  <para>This tool<footnote>
      <para>You can start this tool from the command line, by typing <emphasis role="bold">draksec</emphasis> as root.</para>
    </footnote>is present in the Mageia Control Center under the tab <emphasis role="bold">Security</emphasis></para>

  <para>It allows to give the regular users the needed rights to accomplish
  tasks usually done by the administrator.</para>

  <para>Click on the little arrow before the item you want to drop down:
  </para>

  <mediaobject>
    <imageobject>
      <imagedata fileref="draksec.png"/>
    </imageobject>
  </mediaobject>

  <para>Most of the tools available in the Mageia Control Center are displayed
  in the left side of the window (see the screenshot above) and for each tool,
  a drop down list on the right side gives the choice between:</para>

  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>Default: The launch mode depends on the chosen security level. See in the
      same MCC tab, the tool "Configure system security, permissions and
      audit".</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>User password: The user password is asked before the tool
      launching.</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>Administrator password: The root password is asked before the tool
      launching</para>
    </listitem>

    <listitem>
      <para>No password: The tool is launched without asking any
      password.</para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
</section>