[asterisk-users] Hiding extensions from app_directory

[Matt Gibson]

Maybe I'm wrong, but don't you have to stop/start asterisk for
voicemail changes to take effect on 1.2 (like zapata)


Matt


On 12/10/2007, Jesse Scott <jesse at mcmds.com> wrote:
>
> Doesn't look like FreePBX is nuking it. I just SSH'd in and opened the
> voicemail.conf directly and the entry is still in there:
>
> 305 => 1234,Users
> Name,useremail at mcmds.com,,attach=yes|saycid=yes|envelope=yes|delete=no|hidefromdir=yes
>
> I tried issuing both a 'reload' and a 'restart gracefully' to the Asterisk
> CLI. Is there something else I would have to do to make it take effect?
>
> Maybe I'll try disappearing the entry entirely (temporarily of course) and
> see if it goes away from the directory then. Is there somewhere else
> app_directory could be pulling entries? (I don't have the MySQL business
> enabled.)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Jesse
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2007, at 12:58 PM, Lacy Moore wrote:
>
> Is it possible that you are adding this, and then freePBX is overwriting
> your file, in effect, taking out your addition?
>
> IIRC, the newer versions of freePBX have the ability to hide users.  I
> wouldn't bet any money on that recollection, though.
>
>
> On 10/12/07, Jesse Scott <jesse at mcmds.com> wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Sorry in advance if this not the correct place to ask this question,
> > feel free to point me somewhere more appropriate to ask.
> >
> > We have an Asterisk 1.2.7.1 server (about a year old version of
> > Asterisk @ Home with FreePBX) running the phone system for our small
> > office (roughly 15 extensions).
> >
> > I'm trying to hide a couple of extensions from the app_directory
> > generated company directory. I found some information about adding
> > the "hidefromdir=yes" option to the user's entry in voicemail.conf,
> > but that doesn't seem to have any effect. I'm a little unclear as to
> > whether or not that option is something native to Asterisk or if it
> > comes from one of the external applications. If it is built in, is my
> > version too old to have this feature?
> >
> > Am I totally on the wrong track and is there another way to
> > accomplish this?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Jesse
> >
> >
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