[asterisk-users] vm_change_password shell?

[jezzzz .]

I'm actually only looking at the code at this point in
time (only in voicemail.c), hence my slightly
technical list of questions. How would the user find a
better way to change the password though? Isn't the
only way of changing the password by calling the
voicemail then selecting option 0 followed by option
5?

Obviously, the administrator can just as well just
change the password in voicemail.c but that's not as
convenient for the user.

Two more questions while I have your expertise...

* are then any locking problems when running
vm_change_password - voicemail.conf is opened and read
into a buffer, the password is then changed for user x
and then it's written into a new voicemail.conf.new
file. What happens if another user y wishes to change
his password at the same time as user x? Do you see
where I'm going with this?

* what's the change_password_realtime() function used
for? How does it defer from vm_change_password?

Thanks

Jez

> Use the Source, Luke.
> 
>
http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4/apps/app_voicemail.c
> 
> In it, you'll find:
> 
> static void vm_change_password_shell(struct
> ast_vm_user *vmu, char *newpassword)
> {
> 	char buf[255];
> 	snprintf(buf,255,"%s %s %s
>
%s",ext_pass_cmd,vmu->context,vmu->mailbox,newpassword);
> 	if (!ast_safe_system(buf))
> 		ast_copy_string(vmu->password, newpassword,
> sizeof(vmu->password));
> }
> 
> 
> ext_pass_cmd is not defined in that function and
> hence a global, and its 
> value is taken from the configuration item
> "externpass".
> 
> 
> The idea is that if the user has a better way of
> changing the password,
> then the externpass script should be used to change
> the password.
> 
> -- 
>                Tzafrir Cohen 


 
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