To add some filter rules in conf file

Ashmath Khan hashmat.email at gmail.com
Mon Oct 19 15:37:53 UTC 2009


Also from dhcpd.conf:
"

If both permit and deny lists exist  for  a  pool,
       then  only clients that match the permit list and do not match the deny
       list will be allowed access.

"
So it says we can mix allow and deny statements.

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Ashmath Khan <hashmat.email at gmail.com>wrote:

> First off - please fix your mailer - it's isn't quoting material very
>> clearly. Also, please stop crossposting to dhcp-users at isc.org which is an
>> old list address and merely forwards to dhcp-users at lists.isc.org (making
>> duplicate messages as it goes).
>>
> ok thanks.
>
>>
>>  No idea about the code - you'll have to grab the source and take a look.
>> Just be aware before you start that there are some very subtle nuances with
>> DHCP that are easy to fall foul of.
>
>
>> I do have one last idea, though if it will work or not I don't know. If
>> you check "man dhcp-eval" you'll find there is an "if ... elseif ... else"
>> mechanism. I could see the possibility of using this to set a variable to
>> say how far a client matched your sequential list of tests - so you could
>> drop out the test with a variable set to "r1", "r2" etc. Then configure your
>> classes with match if <somevariable> = "r1" and so on.
>>
>
> Sorry, I can't make out much from this.
>
>>
>>
>> Finally - what are you actually trying to achieve ?
>>
>> Let me point you to the initial post I sent to this list:
> https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2009-September/009879.html
> Basically I want to filter clients based on some rules and the actions
> would be to either assign some pools to them or ignore those clients. If a
> rule is met I don't evaluate further rules. Hope its clear now!
>
> thanks
> Ashmath
>
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