Hi! I'm a old Linux user but a new SuSE user. I'm very happy with the system and Yast is really the nicest system tool I've ever used, For any OS. It's just great. scpm is also a great peace of software that I'm using extensively. However, I have some problems with it and the firewall. I have two profiles, Home and Work (well, I have more than that, but let's ignore the rest). In the Home profile I do NOT have the firewall activated and in the Work profile I have it activated. But when changing back from Work to Home it's still activated. I really don't understand this. So.... Here is what I've found out so far zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm # scpm list_groups -a ntpd Network Time Protocol daemon xf86 X-Server settings autofs Automounter service SuSEfirewall2 SuSE Firewall 2 network Basic network settings printer Printer settings zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm # scpm active Home zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm # chkconfig --list|grep fire SuSEfirewall2_final 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off SuSEfirewall2_init 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off SuSEfirewall2_setup 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # scpm save Checking for modified resources zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # pwd /var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # cat SuSEfirewall2__* 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off So, everything seams to be off, and scpm seams to know about that.... zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # scpm switch Work Checking for modified resources Checking for Resources to be started/shut down service SuSEfirewall2_final has to be stopped <-- WHY? service SuSEfirewall2_setup has to be started Checking for dependencies service cups has to be restarted service network has to be restarted service SuSEfirewall2_init has to be restarted Stopping services: SuSEfirewall2_final [ok] <-- WHY? SuSEfirewall2_init [ok] <-- WHY? cups [ok] network [ok] Restoring profile Work restoring file /etc/X11/XF86Config restoring file /etc/cups restoring file /etc/sysconfig/network restoring file /var/lib/YaST2/printers restoring file /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 restoring service SuSEfirewall2_init restoring service SuSEfirewall2_setup Starting services: SuSEfirewall2_init [ok] network [failed] SuSEfirewall2_setup [ok] cups [ok] Why did it have to stop the firewall? It should already have been stopped. Why would it try that again. zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # chkconfig --list|grep fire SuSEfirewall2_final 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off SuSEfirewall2_init 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off SuSEfirewall2_setup 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # scpm switch Home Checking for modified resources Checking for Resources to be started/shut down service SuSEfirewall2_final has to be stopped service SuSEfirewall2_init has to be stopped service SuSEfirewall2_setup has to be stopped Checking for dependencies service cups has to be restarted service network has to be restarted Stopping services: SuSEfirewall2_final [ok] cups [ok] SuSEfirewall2_setup [ok] network [ok] SuSEfirewall2_init [ok] Restoring profile Home restoring file /etc/X11/XF86Config restoring file /etc/cups restoring file /etc/sysconfig/network restoring file /var/lib/YaST2/printers restoring file /etc/sysconfig/SuSEfirewall2 restoring service SuSEfirewall2_init restoring service SuSEfirewall2_setup Starting services: network [ok] cups [ok] zyrgelkwytng:/var/lib/scpm/profiles/Home/service # chkconfig --list|grep fire SuSEfirewall2_final 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off SuSEfirewall2_init 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off SuSEfirewall2_setup 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off Why is it ON again???? Hmmm... I have to disable it each time I switch back to the Home profile again. Anyone have any idea? I guess it's a bug but I really don't understand it. Can the _ in the service-name have anything to do with it. The service is named SuSEfirewall2_init but the file in /var/lib/scpm/profiles/HOME/service is named SuSEfirewall__init which is a bit strange. Anybody have any idea? please? Regards, Erik