[asterisk-users] asterisk.conf uniquename or sysname for uniqueid field in CDR

[Vieri]

--- Vieri <rentorbuy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I set uniquename = MYHOST in asterisk.conf (under
> [options]) so that my uniqueid data shows up as
> MYHOST.time.seq.
> 
> First of all, I would like to know if uniquename (or
> sysname?) will still be valid across future *
> versions
> (mainly 1.6).
> 
> Secondly, is there a way to specify uniquename as an
> asterisk option at the command line? (asterisk -h
> doesn't show me anything regarding this feature)
> 
> Finally, how can I set uniquename to a system value
> (say, dynamically set to whatever `hostname`
> yields)?
> Something like
> uniquename = `hostname`
> so that I don't have to statically set it on each
> asterisk server?

I just realized that uniquename is only available
after applying the BRISTUFF patches.
So let me rephrase my question:
will Asterisk ever include the "uniquename" feature in
its base code? If not, why?
(I would prefer not to apply BRIstuff since I don't
have Junghanns hardware).

Thanks.



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