[asterisk-users] Requiring a login to a phone

[Alex Balashov]

Steve,

You might be able to swing it using the configuration updater that's part 
of the manager API as of 1.4.0:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+Manager+API+Action+UpdateConfig

-- Alex

On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Steve Johnson wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> We have a remote asterisk SIP phone at the cottage.
>
> I'd like it to have minimal privileges when it first registers with
> Asterisk. Ideally it should be in a restricted context.  Dialing any
> number would intercept the call and tell the person to log on.  This
> way, if the phone was stolen or someone got into the cottage, we
> wouldn't have a bunch of surprise charges on our phone bill... :-)
>
> Once the phone has been authenticated, it should go into a context
> with normal privileges.  After a couple of days of non-use, it should
> auto-logout to the restricted context.
>
> How can I change the sip context of a phone on the fly, based on
> authentication login?
>
> Any ideas? Thanks,
> Steve
>
> sip.conf:
> -------------------------------
> ; phone at the cottage
> [155]
> context=restricted-155
> ...
>
>
> extensions.conf
> ------------------------
>
> [restricted-155]
> exten _X.,1,NoOp(All Calls filter through this if not logged in on 155]
> exten _X.,n,Answer
> exten _X.,n,Wait(1)
> exten _X.,n,Playback(You must log in to use this phone)
> exten _X.,n,Authenticate(65535)
> // if the person authenticates sucessfully, change the context of ext 155
> // from restricted-155 to sip-phones.    (HOW???)
>
> [sip-phones]
> ; normal sip phone outgoing context
> ...
>
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