Re: Implement su (i.e. substitute user) in Django

> Before the login call: > > user.backend = 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend' Works like charm; thank you very much! Joakim [PS: For others reading this - the right hand side in the assignment above should indeed be a string literal, i.e. with the ''] -- You received this message be

Re: Implement su (i.e. substitute user) in Django

Before the login call: user.backend = 'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend' Sorry. I copied & pasted the previous and didn't think this part was necessary. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send ema

Re: Implement su (i.e. substitute user) in Django

Hmmm; thank you for answering. > from django.contrib.auth import login > > (in view) > login(request, user) This was indeed simple; however I can unfortunately not get it to work. The view returns a traceback starting with: AttributeError at /su/ 'User' object has no attribute 'backend'

Re: Implement su (i.e. substitute user) in Django

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Implement su (i.e. substitute user) in Django

Hello, for my little site there are a couple of different types of users, and the view presented to the user differs depending on what type of user this is. For me (as a super user) - it would be very convenient If I could change identity and become another user, without having to log out and log