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How can I disable the firewall on SLES?

Believe it or not, there are valid reasons why you might want to disable the firewall service on a Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES).  For instance, avoiding NCP time-outs on client connections for an OES/SLES server.  If you just want to know how to disable the firewall in most modern incarnations of SLES, read on… [...]