Managing users on any type of system, be it a computer network or phone system, consumes much of an administrators time. Users come and go, get married and change their name, change locations, and come up with needs that we, as administrators, could never dream of. In this chapter we'll get in depth with the following:
Creating and managing user accounts
Managing the extension pool
Utilizing user groups
Importing users
A user ID on a sipXecs system is typically an extension. By default, the system is configured for three digits starting at 200 (100 is the default auto attendant and 101 is the VoiceMail pilot number). Automatic extension numbering is controlled by the extension pool.
User IDs are not limited to numeric values. The administrative account "superadmin" is an example of a user account that is non-numeric.
If four or more digit extensions are required by the organization, there are two changes that should be made before users are added to...