[Asterisk-Dev] Long comments and ideas for sip.conf

[Brian West]

retrieve_sip_conf_from_mysql.pl
retrieve_extensions_from_mysql.pl

Those two files in the distro would help! :P

bkw

On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Rainer Jochem wrote:

> > Asterisk will reread config files with just a reload, not restart.
> > Databases are overkill for config files not to mention they are easier
> > to corrupt beyond use and take down your entire system than are flat
> > files. Most people who want databases are wanting an easy way to make a
> > web based configurator so they don't have to learn how to write the flat
> > files out from their simple php files.
>
> Hmm... tell me how you'd manage a sip.conf with 17000 users and giving
> the users the possibility of changing their passwords... :)
>
> Or if you want to use * in a large environment, where all the other
> user accounts are already stored in a central database. Having
> database support in asterisk, it could be easily integrated in such
> an installation.
>
> Greetings
>  Rainer
>
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