setting up suse 9.1 client

Hi I am interested in setting up Suse 9.1 client in my school. Although we use Linux servers and I use Suse on my laptop. I could do with some help or suggestions as to how I can set it up so that any of our users can log on as they would on a Windows client. The server is running Samba 3.? something. I know Samba reasonably well but I guess smbclient would not be the best route to go down. Any help gratefully received. Kind regards Simon