1.1. Introducing GConf

1.1. Introducing GConf
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GConf simplifies the administration of preferences for users in the GNOME 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.

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