GConf
simplifies the administration of preferences
for users in the desktop environment. 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.