I added the 4th step here and it broke the authentication for Reminders. I want to be able to have internal users auth by their VM, as in step 3, and let outside users auth by a simple password, as in step 4. I see on my tail that it uses the caller ID of my cell as a user: VERBOSE[20887] logger.c: -- Incorrect password '1234' for user '1xxxxxxxxxx' (context = default)

Is there a way to use both methods to auth Reminders?

[from-internal-custom]
exten => 123,1,Answer
exten => 123,2,Wait(1)
exten => 123,3,vmauthenticate(${CALLERID(number)})
exten => 123,4,Authenticate(1234)
exten => 123,5,Goto(reminder,s,1)

www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+VMAuthenticate

look at the "workaround" and the j option

I'd like to start out with a simple password file. Authenticate(/passwdfile|[,options[,maxdigits]])

in /etc I did vi reminderspasswords
and put 4 lines of 4-digit passwords and saved
then did what you see below and amportal restart. I don't seem to be hitting the password file. Where should that be kept? I see passwd in /etc, but it doesn't seem like adding to that is a good idea.


[from-internal-custom]
exten => 123,1,Answer
exten => 123,2,Wait(1)
;exten => 123,3,vmauthenticate(${CALLERID(number)})
exten => 123,3,Authenticate(/reminderspasswords)
exten => 123,4,Goto(reminder,s,1)

Thank you.

The asterisk home directory is /var/lib/asterisk

little lost. I put a file in /var/lib/asterisk called passwords and changed ownership to asterisk asterisk. Put a single line of 1234. Called that file out in extensions_custom.conf

[from-internal-custom]
exten => 123,1,Answer
exten => 123,2,Wait(1)
;exten => 123,3,vmauthenticate(${CALLERID(number)})
exten => 123,3,Authenticate(/passwords)
exten => 123,4,Goto(reminder,s,1)

Still doesn't work. Spent a lot of time going over all the links at www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Authenticate

I assume that Authenticate(/<filename>) would look up whatever is in "filename." What am I doing wrong? Tried twice to reg to the pbxinaflash forum. Their mod does not authenticate you. ???

Thanks.

sorry guys the authentication files for pin sets ned to be saved in etc/asterisk...

fm, dicko,

I put a file in /etc/asterisk/ called passwords. It has asterisk:asterisk ownership

dialing 123 hangs up when I have exten => 123,3,Authenticate(/passwords) or exten => 123,3,Authenticate/passwords

I put a file in /etc/asterisk/ called passwords. It has asterisk:asterisk ownership

dialing 123 hangs up when I have exten => 123,3,Authenticate(/passwords) or exten => 123,3,Authenticate/passwords

[from-internal-custom]
exten => 123,1,Answer
exten => 123,2,Wait(1)
;exten => 123,3,vmauthenticate(${CALLERID(number)})
exten => 123,3,Authenticate(/passwords)
exten => 123,4,Goto(reminder,s,1)

I want the Authenticate to take a password from a file. Any help? Thanks.

i have my passwords files in /tc/asterisk named pins and works perfect
exten=> 123,1,Authenticate(pins)

in /etc/asterisk/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 asterisk asterisk 15 Mar 4 16:25 passwords
inside passwords
1234
5678
9876
in extensions_custom.conf
[from-internal-custom]
;exten => 123,1,Answer
;exten => 123,2,Wait(1)
;exten => 123,3,vmauthenticate(${CALLERID(number)})
exten => 123,1,Authenticate(passwords)
exten => 123,2,Goto(reminder,s,1)

She answers but tells me my password is incorrect. I do an amportal restart after every change to extensions_custom.conf

?

www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+Authenticate

i was having a long time ago a bug in asterisk # as send key for this type of apps...1.4.33 i think...and it was repetead in 1.6.2.17 as of today...the solution was to wait after the enter of the password without pressing # and worked...