SYSADMINMAN

It’s definitely a good idea to change the default passwords you get with your Sysadminman hosted Asterisk server.

Here’s how to do it if you’re using Trixbox 2.6.

Changing the passwords should be pretty much the same as it would be on a regular Trixbox server.

First you need to SSH (a secure command line connection) to the server. If you use Windows on your desktop a good program for making SSH connections is Putty. It’s free and you can find it here – http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

For changing the server root password -

Use Putty, or another SSH client, to log into the server as the user root

Run the passwd command -

For changing the Trixbox ‘maint’ password -

Use Putty, or another SSH client, to log into the server as the user root

Run the passwd-maint command -

For changing the Voicemail ‘admin’ password -

Use Putty, or another SSH client, to log into the server as the user root

(Unfortunately there is no command for changing this password and you need to manually edit a file)

Now find the line that contains (line 73) -

and change $ARI_ADMIN_PASSWORD to equal your required password. Now save the file.

For changing the WebMeetMe passwords -

WebMeetMe passwords can be changed through the WebMeetMe interface

There are several steps involved with routing a call based on time-of-day in FreePBX but it’s quite flexible.

The first thing you need to do is install the “Time Conditions” module.  To do this click on the “Tools” tab in FreePBX and then click “Module Admin”. Select the Time Conditions module, click “Download and Install” and then scroll down and click Process.

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One simple thing you can do to stop unwanted callers with FreePBX is install the “Blacklist” module. Obviously this will only work if the Caller ID number is presented to your system when the caller rings.

To install the module click on the Tools tab in FreePBX and then the Module Admin menu option. Then click “Check for updates online” and you should see all the available modules. Select the “Blacklist” module and select “Download and install”

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Using a callwithus DID with FreePBX/Asterisk is very straight forward.

First you need to purchase the DID through your callwithus account. I am buying a number located in the UK.

Once you have purchased the DID you can click on the DID menu option again to check where the DID is being forwarded to. To make things easier on the FreePBX side we want to change this from the default.

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