Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Admin Log In As User

Admin Log In As User

About this hack:
This hack allows any admin that you set in admin permissions, to log in as any user. You have to go to the user's profile page and there will be a link to 'Log In As This User'. Also, there is a link the drop down menu in the ACP User Manager. If you are logged in as another user, you will get a message on top of the forum saying, 'You are currently logged in as another user. Click here to log back into your account.'

This hack is very easy to install. This hack has only the admin yes/no option. Just install and it's ready to be used!

Enjoy!

Installation information on hack:

• Files edited: 0
• Templates edited: 0
• Files to upload: 1 (Product file via ACP only)
• Time to install: 5 seconds

Updates:

Version 3.20 (11/16/09):

• Released for vb 4.0 beta 3

Version 3.21 (11/17/09):

• Removed the option to log in as yourself.

[LLent]

i have this installed and i am starting to not see the log in as user in profile on many members how do i remedy this ...

[Athena1984]

Did you upgrade your forum to the latest release? If so, those links in post 310 should help. I just installed it today and it works like a charm.

[LLent]

Originally Posted by Athena1984

Did you upgrade your forum to the latest release? If so, those links in post 310 should help. I just installed it today and it works like a charm.

i am using 4.0.7 looked at your links an i am good on that but still have issue with not seeing link in user profile on some members ...in acp i see the link when i choose it redirects me back to user profile...

[nul7]

Thank you very much for the info regarding the fix for this hack.

[tlwwolfseye]

Just installed that on a Custom Theme. It installed without issues on my vB 4.1 PL2 but I dont actually see the line to click so I can login as that other user. And in the instructions there is no manual stuff that I can find which I maybe had to change to make it show on a custom theme. Probably is asked before, but how can i make it show ?

Thanks.

[tlwwolfseye]

Scratch that, found the hook and what to do.
Cheers

Wolf

[iBaker]

Everyone keeps asking how to fix this mod for v4.1...I posted the fix back at post 202 (I was aka Wilfred1 but after asking .org twice to combine my usernames they haven't responded) so I thought it might help if I attached the complete mod with the fixes in it for use on v4.1 PL2.

Attachment 125317

For my site I have also made these two changes that you may like to also do but note they suit my site and may not suit yours.

1. Make the link look part of the list in the user profile:
Attachment 125318

Change the entire memberinfo_block_admin_log_in_as_user template to just having:

<li><img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_siteicons}/network.png" class="inlineimg" alt="" /> <a href="member.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}u={vb:raw userinfo.userid}&amp;admin_log_in_as_user={vb:raw userinfo.userid}" rel="nofollow">{vb:rawphrase log_in_as_user}</a></li>

In the MEMBERINFO template starting at line 262 you will find:

                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
          <vb:comment>sidebar</vb:comment>
          {vb:raw template_hook.profile_sidebar_first}

Replace that with:

                          {vb:raw template_hook.profile_sidebar_first}
                    </ul>
                </div>
            </div>
          <vb:comment>sidebar</vb:comment>

2. Add the link to the Member Action Drop Down
Attachment 125319

Open the memberaction_dropdown template you find almost at the bottom this block of code:

        <vb:if condition="$show['emaillink']">
        <li class="right">
            <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_siteicons}/email.png" alt="" />
            <a href="sendmessage.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=mailmember&amp;u={vb:raw memberinfo.userid}" rel='nofollow'>
                {vb:rawphrase send_email}
            </a>
        </li>
        </vb:if>

Right below that add this block:

        <vb:if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 5,6)">
        <li class="right">
            <img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_siteicons}/network.png" class="inlineimg" alt="" />
            <a href="member.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}u={vb:raw memberinfo.userid}&amp;admin_log_in_as_user={vb:raw memberinfo.userid}" rel="nofollow">
                Log In As This User
            </a>
        </li>
        </vb:if>

NOTE in the added block above you will need to change the usergroup ID's to the ones to match the ones your have given permissions to use the mod. For example in the above you will see bbuserinfo, 5,6 this shows that I have given permission to Usergroups 5 and 6 to use the mod.

Hope this helps so others don't have to go trolling through all the previous thread posts.

[K!nG]

i installed it when i had 4.0.8 and now m running 4.1.0 P2 and its working jst da same n perfect

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by iBaker

Everyone keeps asking how to fix this mod for v4.1...I posted the fix back at post 202 (I was aka Wilfred1 but after asking .org twice to combine my usernames they haven't responded) so I thought it might help if I attached the complete mod with the fixes in it for use on v4.1 PL2.

The only fix is the profile_sidebar_first template_hook change. What other fixes are there in your zip file?

[bintoro]

Thanks and thanks to you too iBaker . It runs now.