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

[Kevin Hanson]

Jonathan k. Creasy wrote:

>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. 
>
>  
>
This last statement isn't quite true.  Included contexts are "included" 
in the order they are listed, but extensions in a context are *not* 
handled in the order they are listed.  Asterisk sorts them and that 
sorted order is how extensions are handled, *followed* by included 
contexts in the order they are included (which have their extensions 
sorted by Asterisk first).

Check out 
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+config+extensions.conf+sorting at 
the bottom of the page.

Cheers,
Kevin