[asterisk-dev] Re: [asterisk-commits] russell: trunk r64786 - in /trunk: configs/manager.conf.sample main/manager.c

[Tilghman Lesher]

On Thursday 17 May 2007 12:37, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 05:12:23PM -0000, 
asterisk-commits at lists.digium.com wrote:
> > Author: russell
> > Date: Thu May 17 12:12:23 2007
> > New Revision: 64786
> >
> > URL: http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk?view=rev&rev=64786
> > Log:
> > Add an option that lets you only allow one connection at a time for
> > each manager user.  (issue #8664, reported and original patch by
> > ssokol, patch updated by bkruse, and further updated by me)
>
> isn't this a bit dangerous ? If a user has a manager session stuck
> somewhere (e.g. a box at work), this prevents that user from getting
> in again from another place.
>
> Besides, what does it buy ? You still can have
> multiple sessions active, from different users, so it does not
> even give you exclusive control of the system.

Well, it certainly would give you a clue that something is wrong when
you cannot reconnect.  Also, it prevents a user from taking up many
valuable resources.  Note that this is also an optional parameter, so if
you still want to allow unlimited connections, you're welcome to.

-- 
Tilghman