cashmir wrote:

> Madhusudan Singh wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>>
>> I wish to limit ssh and samba access to this machine based on the MAC
>> address of machines. The problem is that all these machines get their IP
>> address via DHCP from some other server, so I cannot use their current IP
>> addresses to write the rule.
>
> if you use dnsmasq as dhcp/dns server, you can bind MAC-adresses to
> ip-numbers.
> so, the machines that must be able to use certain ports, can be given
> allways the same ip.
>
> just take a look at /etc/dnsmasq.conf.
> it has many examples.
>
> cashmir

Sorry if I did not make it amply clear in my initial post. I have no control
over the DHCP server.