http://www.samba.org is a good reference for SAMBA

To filter based on MAC address, use the --mac-source option to iptables. It
should be pointed out that the MAC address is spoofable (it can be set by
the user), so user-based authentication is a better idea.

Madhusudan Singh wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am using iptables for my firewall on this server which is meant to act
> as a samba file server for a bunch of windows xp machines (any good
> references for that, I have seen the the uky.edu link ?), and a
> mailserver.
>
> 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.
>
> Is the above possible ? If so, how ?
>
> Thanks.

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