asterisk users - Jan 2007 - Only secretary can call the boss, all others only reach the secretary when dial the boss extension

Dear all,

How may I configure my extensions.conf so that only the boss's secretary 
can call the boss through his extension, all others when dial his 
extension only makes the boss's secretary phone ring, not his. If she 
wants, she can transfer the incoming call to the boss dialling his 
extension.

I've tried the following, but it doesn't work:

exten => _boss_extension/callerid_secretary,1,Dial(SIP/boss_extension)
exten => _boss_extension,1,Dial(SIP/secretary_extension)

This doesn't work because when the secretary tries to transfer the call 
to the boss (using her phone's transfer key, not #), one REFER SIP 
message is sent back to the caller's phone providing him the new address 
for whom the next INVITE should be sent. That INVITE is sent, but when 
reaches Asterisk, that INVITE matches this line:

exten => _boss_extension,1,Dial(SIP/secretary_extension)

and not this one:

exten => _boss_extension/callerid_secretary,1,Dial(SIP/boss_extension)



Any ideas of how may I solve this issue?
Regards,
Ricardo.

Why don't you just give the secretary the boss' REAL extension and give
a different extension to the world that just rings the secretary?

-jonathan
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> bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Carvalho
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> Subject: [asterisk-users] Only secretary can call the boss, all others
> only reach the secretary when dial the boss extension
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> How may I configure my extensions.conf so that only the boss's
secretary
> can call the boss through his extension, all others when dial his
> extension only makes the boss's secretary phone ring, not his. If she
> wants, she can transfer the incoming call to the boss dialling his
> extension.
> 
> I've tried the following, but it doesn't work:
> 
> exten => _boss_extension/callerid_secretary,1,Dial(SIP/boss_extension)
> exten => _boss_extension,1,Dial(SIP/secretary_extension)
> 
> This doesn't work because when the secretary tries to transfer the call
> to the boss (using her phone's transfer key, not #), one REFER SIP
> message is sent back to the caller's phone providing him the new
address
> for whom the next INVITE should be sent. That INVITE is sent, but when
> reaches Asterisk, that INVITE matches this line:
> 
> exten => _boss_extension,1,Dial(SIP/secretary_extension)
> 
> and not this one:
> 
> exten => _boss_extension/callerid_secretary,1,Dial(SIP/boss_extension)
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas of how may I solve this issue?
> Regards,
> Ricardo.
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> How may I configure my extensions.conf so that only the boss's
secretary
> can call the boss through his extension, all others when dial his
> extension only makes the boss's secretary phone ring, not his. If she
> wants, she can transfer the incoming call to the boss dialling his
> extension.
the keyword is "context"

boss extension : 4321
secretary exten : 4322
in sip.conf for the secretary config, put her phone in the context
"secretary-context"
for other callers (PSTN lines, other office exten, etc) put them in
context "normal-people-context"

[normal-people-context]
exten => 4321,1,Dial(SIP/4322)

[secretary-context]
exten => 4321,1,Dial(SIP/4321)

like this, when someone dials 4321, they will reach his secretary,
except when the secretary dials it, she will reach him.

This is just an example written from the top of my head on a friday
afternoon so it is not tested, etc  :)

hth