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.

[kylek]

Well just tried this again reinstalling and the link to log in as user in the profile does nothing, but going through the admincp works. But once logged on as user the only way to log out is to use the forums log out and not by clicking on the text that says click to log out. Using 4.0 PL1

[ShadowStalker]

Installed on Test Site, works perfectly. Once I am sure it works with all my other add-ons and I put this on my live site I will click installed.

[kersti]

Originally Posted by Gnoll

This is against privacy , isnt this ? if not 5 star from me

It's much better than the previous option which was to get your user to give you their password. I use it when a user wants help with something or is complaining about something that I just can't see. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

[kersti]

Works perfectly on 4.0 PL1

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by kylek

Installed on 4.00 Patch level 1 - can log in as user but when you click on text to log out as the user, nothing happens. Have to hit log out button and then log back in as myself.

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

I'm having the same problem.

I suspect I might be like other users who are experiencing this problem and use vBSEO. It turns out that the two Mods interfere with one another. In this case. vBSEO is re-writing the URL in the Member Profile and Header Template changes.

The workaround is as follows:

1. Make a copy of your member.php file and call is admember.php
2. Go in to your vBSEO control panel (General Settings -> vBSEO Options) and place admember.php in the Excluded Pages block.
3. Edit the templates added by this Mod to call admember.php instead of member.php. (The easiest way to find these templates is to install the Advanced Product Management product and this will allow you to modify the Master Templates).

[kylek]

Thank you!!!

It works fine now, never thought of a conflict between vbseo and this.

Followed your directions and all is fine and the log out links work like they should.

Thanks again!

[iacas]

Been using this successfully for a week or so. One problem: I logged in as someone who was sending some spam, and then in another browser tab deleted that user before I was able to log out of that account.

Successive attempts to view the forum at all resulted in errors. I was finally able to re-set things by copying a log out URL from another computer (I probably also could have deleted browser cookies), but it may be prudent to auto-log-out of a user if they're logged in as a user that doesn't exist.

[tazattitude]

I'm sure this will be very handy to have.
Thank you!!!!
Marked installed and voted

[KEKforce]

This mod isnt compatible with 4.0.1 I just discovered.
No more link in profile page.

[Alibass]

Mod still works with 4.0.1, access via admincp/users/search for users if you need to login in as a user until Able1 can make a fix.