windows clients to access the samba server, while keeping the firewall active.
start by reading the Unoffical SuSEfirewall2 manual http://sf.net/projects/susefaq
Once you read it you will see you have to have the ports defined FW_SERVICES_INT_TCP="139" and you also need to have FW_SAMBA=yes. It is better to adjust these via the system editor in YaST2 or the best use "pico -w" or vim to edit /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2
On the other hand running samba on the firewal machine is not a good idea IMO yet YMMV
Thanks for the tips but I don't know exaclty what you meant with "firewall machine" . I do not have a box as dedicated firewall, the computers at my home connect to the internet through a router which is supposed to have a built-in firewall, also deals with the dsl modem and it is also a dhcp server. Is that configuration safe? Is it safe even to completely trust the internal network? Sorry about my ignorance, and thanks in advance! Felipe.