[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk vs. system user accounts

[Steven Critchfield]

On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 15:47, Dylan VanHerpen wrote:
> After saying LDAP is a better choice than system users, I still wonder
> why it is important to have users be able to change passwords here.
> 
> It would greatly simplify unified messaging: one account, all your
> messages (email, voice, fax) in one mailbox.

This doesn't mean there needs to be a real account on the system. Exim
can deliver to non login accounts, Cyrus IMAP doesn't need real user
accounts, and I forget the pop3 daemon that works the same way. Hylafax
doesn't need a user to send you the faxes. So again, you only need some
simple way of keeping user/password mappings straight. LDAP would be
okay, if it was easy enough to setup and use. Not to mention for your
SIP users, LDAP can be used as a phone directory. I hope this helps you
move forward with something usable and secure. 
-- 
Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>