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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.

[iBaker]

Originally Posted by Boofo

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

Boofo...there is also the change to the maxversion to allow for vb 4.1+

[Peter Cook]

When will you update this to work with 4.1.0? As this is reporting incompatible?

[RedKilla]

Uploaded the fix and its still not working on my 4.10, I have nothing in the profile field or in the user manager

[kether1]

This will not work with VBSEO rewrite of member.php. Any fix?
Kether

[horussjr]

use this instead VSa - Login To User Account works on 4.1.1 like a charm

[RedKilla]

Tried that one too..No Luck..I havent gotten this to work since vb 3.8

[iBaker]

I think there are issues with this mod and vbSEO...as I no longer have vbSEO the mod is working with no problems on 4.1 using the details in Post#319

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by iBaker

2. Add the link to the Member Action Drop Down[/B]
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.

There is actually an easier way to do this and have it show up in the drop-down board-wide, by using a template and a hook.

[nul7]

wo0rked like a charm, thanks for the template code modifications as well; makes life simple now.

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.

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.

[Boofo]

There is a little known array_merge error with this mod that will show up if you edit a signature, among other things, in the ModCP. To fix it, find this code in the useradmin_edit_start hook:

		$quicklinks = array_merge(
			$quicklinks,
			array(
				"../member.php?" . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "u=" . $vbulletin->GPC['userid'] . "&admin_log_in_as_user=" . $vbulletin->GPC['userid']
					=> $vbphrase['log_in_as_user']
			)
		);

and change it to:

		$quicklinks[
			"../member.php?" . $vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'] . "u=" . $vbulletin->GPC['userid'] . "&admin_log_in_as_user=" . $vbulletin->GPC['userid']
		] = $vbphrase['log_in_as_user'];