[Asterisk-Users] VMauthenticate always asks for mailbox

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Are you supplying the context?

On 1/10/06, Gil Kloepfer <astr-usr at kloepfer.org> wrote:
> I've been trying to use the VMAuthenticate function in 1.2+.  This
> function is supposed to "behave[s] the same way as the Authenticate
> application, but the passwords are taken from voicemail.conf."
>
> The problem is that it always gives the "comedian mail" prompt and
> requests the mailbox number, even though I provide the mailbox
> number already.
>
> The upshot is that VMAuthenticate is not working like Authenticate
> and makes the user think they are connecting to voicemail.  My motivation
> to use VMAuthenticate was to provide for a single password (the voicemail
> password seemed like a good idea) for users to do various things.
>
> Am I missing the point of VMAuthenticate or is this a bug?  If it's
> a bug, I know where it is...but I wanted to ask before going down the
> bugpath road.
>
> (Techie note:  In function vm_authenticate() in app_voicemail.c,
> when "skipuser" is set to 0, the mailbox number is always requested,
> and that's the way it is called in the VMAuthenticate app.)
>
> Thanks!
>
> ---
> Gil Kloepfer
> astr-usr at kloepfer.org
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