Ryan Lortiedesrt@desrt.ca2012Aruna Sankaranarayananaruna.evam@gmail.comPetr Kovarpknbe@volny.cz2019Use dconfkeyfiles to
configure specific settings with a text editor.Control system settings with keyfiles
System database files, located in
/etc/dconf/db, cannot be edited because
they are written in GVDB format. In order to change system settings using a
text editor, you can modify keyfiles found in
keyfile directories. Each keyfile directory corresponds to a
particular system database file, and has the same name as the database file
with a “.d” extension appended (for example,
/etc/dconf/db/local.d). All keyfile directories are found in
/etc/dconf/db, and each one contains keyfiles
in a special format that can be compiled into the
dconf database.
A keyfile in this directory will look something like this:
# Some useful default settings for our site
[system/proxy/http]
host='172.16.0.1'
enabled=true
[org/gnome/desktop/background]
picture-uri='file:///usr/local/rupert-corp/company-wallpaper.jpeg'
dconf update must be run whenever you modify a keyfile.
When you do this, dconf compares the
timestamp on a system database file with the timestamp on the corresponding
keyfile directory. If the timestamp on the keyfile directory is more
recent than the one on the database file,
dconf regenerates the
system-db file and sends a notification to the system
D-Bus, which in turn notifies all running applications to
reread their settings.
The group name in the keyfile references a
GSettings schema ID.
For example, org/gnome/desktop/background references the
schema org.gnome.desktop.background, which contains the key
picture-uri.
The values under a group are expected in
serialized
GVariant form.