Administrators

This module lets you limit the sections of freePBX to certain users.

Configuration

This module may not be active by default, and will say 'NOTE -
AUTHTYPE is not set to 'database' in /etc/amportal.conf - Module
crippled'. To enable it, you need to change AUTHTYPE in
/etc/amportal.conf to 'database'. If you have already tried to add
users before changing AUTHTYPE to 'database', delete them now and read
the "important warning" below.

Trixbox or Asterisk@Home users have some extra work due to the
Apache level authentication with the "maint" user. You will have to
comment out or delete the following lines in
/etc/trixbox/httpdconf/trixbox.conf for Trixbox or
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf for A@H for this to work:

Password protect /var/www/html/admin

<Directory /var/www/html/admin>

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Restricted Area"

AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/wwwpasswd

Require user wwwadmin maint

</Directory>

Then you have to restart httpd (/etc/init.d/httpd restart) and
possibly amportal (amportal restart) too. You should now be able to
login with admin/admin and create/change users in the Administrators
module. Be sure to change the admin password straight away!

Important Warning! Read before using this module

It is quite easy to lock yourself out of freePBX if you enable
AUTHTYPE after you have added users. Don't do it. If you want to use
this, then you must have NO USERS CREATED before you turn it on. If you
don't heed this advice, and turn it on with an existing user there,
then nothing you type in will let you access freePBX. You'll have to
turn it back off, and then delete any existing users.

Adding a User

Enter a username and password in the General section. If this is
the first user, make sure that you select 'ALL SECTIONS' in the 'Admin
Access' list so you can get back in there. As soon as you add the first
user, you will then be prompted for a username and password. Log in as
the user you've just created.

Limiting User Access

• Department Name
  • Have been unable to find any documentation on this . Help?
• Extension Range
  • When this user is logged in, they will only see the range
    specified here. This is useful if you're setting up multiple tenants on
    the one system.
• Admin Access
  • This is a multiple-selection box. You can select a range of
    areas they're allowed to access by either holding down Control (or
    'apple' on Mac's) and selecting individual ones, or dragging the mouse
    over the list of ones you want to give them access to.