haha! brilliant! So much easier.
On May 16, 10:26 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote: > It's very easy to spoof a user: > > $user = $this->User->findByUsername($username); > > if ($user): > if ($this->Auth->login($user)): > $this->redirect(array('action' => 'view', 'admin' => false)); > endif; > endif; > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > jeremybu...@classoutfit.comhttp://www.classoutfit.com > > On 16 May 2011, at 10:22, designv...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > If you are using roles then you could just have an option to pick a > > different role when you login and save that into the session instead > > of the one stored with your default admin record. > > > On May 16, 10:19 am, heohni <heidi.anselstet...@consultingteam.de> > > wrote: > >> Hi, > > >> I would like tow rite a function which allows me as admin to login as > >> user using their username and their password. > >> Is something like this possible? I have seen such a function is some > >> CMS and I find it very useful as admin to check out the users view, > >> without the knowing their passwords. > > >> Any ideas on that how to do best? > > >> Thanks > >> Heidi > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php