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7/26/2007 6:40 AM
 
dvs dsvsd

Joined: 4/23/2004
Posts: 17

I've built a module which has user specific information and i have a requirement where i need to be able to login as an administrator and impersonate a user in the site. The reason been is to see what the specified user is seeing so I can help them if they have any issues or questions.

Does anybody have any ideas how i can go about this?

 
 
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7/26/2007 7:55 AM
 
Anthony Glenwright

www.inventua.com
Joined: 3/31/2004
Posts: 558

In your module's code, I assume you will be getting the administrator to select/enter the username that they want to impersonate.  Once you've got that, do a FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie("username", False) - you don't need their password.  Naturally, you'd want to be careful with the way you set up security for the module.
 
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7/26/2007 11:32 AM
 
HD

www.2n8.net
Joined: 7/22/2005
Posts: 45

SnowCovered has a switch user module which is excellent for this purpose.

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7/26/2007 12:14 PM
 
Jon Seeley

www.seeleyware.com
Joined: 8/8/2006
Posts: 597

Check out SW.AutoLogon, has a UserSwitcher mode which I personally use for exactly that reason. (it has several other modes of use in addition to that)

-- Jon Seeley
DotNetNuke Modules
Custom DotNetNuke and .NET Development
http://www.seeleyware.com
 
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7/26/2007 9:25 PM
 
dvs dsvsd

Joined: 4/23/2004
Posts: 17

Thanks guys, looks like the module from snowcovered will do exactly what i need.
 
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