The Masquerade module allows users to temporarily switch to another user account. It keeps a record of the original user account, so users can easily switch back to the previous account.
It adds a link on a user's profile page that allows permitted users to
masquerade as that user. Upon masquerading, a link to "switch back" to the
original user will appear in the menu. While masquerading, the option to
masquerade as another user will not appear. All masquerading transactions
are logged, and $user->masquerading will be set; this could be displayed
via theme.
In the masquerade settings a list of roles are presented; any checked role is considered an "administrator" and requires the second level "masquerade as admin" permission to masquerade as. User #1 is automatically considered an administrator, regardless of roles.
To install the Masquerade module, extract the module to your modules folder. After enabling the module, it can be configured under Configuration > User accounts > Masquerade. To enable users to masquerade, assign the appropriate "masquerade module" permissions to the roles available on your site. For example:
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To allow members of the 'customer support' role to masquerade as any non-admin user, add the 'masquerade as user' permission to the role. In the Masquerade configuration, set 'administrator' as an administrator role to prevent customer support users from masquerading as those users.
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To allow members of the 'tech support' role to masquerade as 'administrator', add the 'masquerade as admin' permission to the role. Then, in the Masquerade configuration, set 'administrator' as an administrator role.
By default, when a user is selected for the 'Menu Quick Switch user', the Masquerade module adds two menu items to the 'Navigation' menu:
- Masquerade as 'the user selected': When clicked, the user can quick switch to the user selected.
- Switch back: This menu item appears while masquerading so that you can switch back to your original user.
This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.
- BSCOOL (JugglingCoder) (https://github.com/JugglingCoder/, http://www.thedreamchest.com/)
- Herb v/d Dool (https://github.com/herbdool).
- Ported to Backdrop CMS by BSCOOL (JugglingCoder) (https://github.com/JugglingCoder, http://www.thedreamchest.com/)
This module was developed for Drupal by a number of contributors. For more information about this module, see:
Project Page: http://drupal.org/project/masquerade Issue Queue: http://drupal.org/project/issues/masquerade