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

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 01:14:28PM -0500, Tilghman Lesher wrote:
> 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.

i understand that, but i am worried that if you configure for
a single connection and then forget a session open somewhere out
of reach, you get stuck.
Having an option to override the 'single session' would be less
dangerous.

cheers
lluigi
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