Editing GConf (section)

==Architecture==
'''GConf''' is currently based on the [[C (programming language)|C]] implementation of [[CORBA]] named ORBit. Its architecture consists of a session daemon that initializes various sources of configuration [[Database schema|schemas]] on user login. Each source is based on a specific [[Front and back ends|backend]] that translates the key and value pairs that compose the configuration [[database]]; the default backend is based on [[XML]]. At this time, this is the only working backend for GConf, although an [[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol|LDAP]] backend existed in embryonic form. Each source can also be set to read-only, in order to create a default basic configuration, e.g. in a corporate [[Computer network|network]].

The values inside the GConf database are indexed using a [[Path (computing)|path]] string in the form of <code>/path/to/application/key</code>.

The proper way to access the GConf database held by the GConf daemon is to use the [[GConfClient]] [[GObject]]-based class.