[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0018839]: A voicemail password that starts with a '*' results in a invalid mailbox

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The following issue has been UPDATED. 
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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=18839 
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Reported By:                nivek
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   18839
Category:                   Applications/app_voicemail
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     acknowledged
Asterisk Version:           1.8.2.3 
JIRA:                        
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:            
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): 1.8 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2011-02-18 07:59 CST
Last Modified:              2011-02-18 14:06 CST
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Summary:                    A voicemail password that starts with a '*' results
in a invalid mailbox
Description: 
If a VM user wishes to use a '*' in a voicemail password, it will be
accepted. But when attempting to retrieve VM messages...you will be
properly authenticated when entering the VM password that begins with a
'*', but the resulting voicemail box storage path becomes
/var/spool/asterisk/<context>//INBOX not
/var/spool/asterisk/<context>/<vmbox>/INBOX.

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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-02-18 14:06 lmadsen        Description Updated                          
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