[Asterisk-Users] Context restrictions for long distance access, examples not clear?

[Jonathan k. Creasy]

What context are your phones in? (context= in sip or iax config)

If your phones are in the local-users context, they will be able to dial
numbers found in local-users, extensions and local. 

If your phones are in the long-users context, they will be able to dial
numbers in long-users, local, long-distance and extensions. 

Extensions in a context are handled in the order they are listed. In
this case, I would remove the entries which are also in extensions from
the local-users and long-users extensions. 

-Jonathan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Bunn
> Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: Asterisk - Users
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Context restrictions for long distance
> access,examples not clear?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to limit access to long distance in my dial plan but I am
> really confused by the examples I am seeing (perhaps I am
> misunderstanding how context work). The following example was given in
a
> previous posting.
> 
> [extensions]
> exten => 8478414198,1,Dial(SIP/8478414198)
> exten => 8478414198,2,Hangup
> exten => 8478414199,1,Dial(SIP/8478414199)
> exten => 8478414199,2,Hangup
> 
> 
> [local]
> exten => _XXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED])
> exten => _XXXXXX,2,Congestion
> 
> 
> [long-distance]
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,1,Dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED])
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,2,Congestion
> 
> 
> [local-users]
> exten => 8478414198,1,Dial(SIP/8478414198)
> exten => 8478414198,2,Hangup
> include => local
> include => extensions
> 
> 
> [long-users]
> exten => 8478414199,1,Dial(SIP/8478414199)
> exten => 8478414199,2,Hangup
> include => local
> include => long-distance
> include => extensions
> 
> 
> What I do not understand is how this restricts access. Since the
context
> 'extensions' is included in both would that not give all users access
to
> local and long distance??? Or is there some sort of order of entry
thing
> with context??? I supposed that zapata.conf would include a reference
to
> extensions - that would be the only reason for having the extension
> context... Also since the extensions appear under local-users and
> long-users followed by the include 'extensions' wouldn't this generate
> an error since the extension already exist (ie in local users has the
> extension 8478414198 with a priority of 1 and the include statement
> means that another extension 8478414198 with a priority of 1 in the
same
> context 'local-users')????
> 
> Thanks
> 
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