First at some point do
gid = auth.add_group('impersonators')
auth.add_permission(gid,'impersonate','auth_user')
auth.add_membership(gid,your_authuser_id)
then just visit
http://.../user/impersonate
and it prompt you a form about which user you want to impersonate. 0
for reverting back to yourself.
On Apr 19, 4:20 pm, pbreit <pbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking to set up my customer support scheme and so would like to use
> Impersonate. But I'm not quite sure how to do it.
>
> 1. Can it be set up so that I can impersonate any auth_user?
> 2. I believe there was a change so that instead of
> /user/impersonate/[user_id], the "user_id" now needs to be POSTed to
> /user/impersonate?
> 3. Do I set up an auth_permission with name='impersonate'?
> 4. For group_id, I have a group that includes the user who I want to grant
> Impersonate privileges?
> 5. What do I put in group_id, table_name and record_id? The Book says these
> are optional but the system requires them.
>
> Also, I have a lingering question about why each user automatically gets a
> group? What do I lose if I turn this off?
