Ok you have to go into /etc/sysconfig and edit the file manually to start, there isn't a Yast2 link to it...or even a hint which would have saved me 2 days of searching... then run /sbin/SuSEconfig which will update the system config because it's in that folder... now any ideas for updating other /etc files such as /etc/security/access.conf because they aren't in /etc/sysconfig and yast doesn't know they exist... neither does the rest of the system... which far as i can tell is still leaving us with a major security breach...as to who can attempt login or not when personal-firewall is not active... I am pretty sure I read somewhere about linking files to sysconfig... anyone know for sure? so essentially I am assuming you have to then turn personal-firewall off and on either by editing it's sysconfig file or using run-level... as yast crazy as this machine is you would think there would be simply... a button. nonetheless.