I think you are going about this the wrong way. I did an admin application
that allows the admin to browse all providers, then view the page as the
provider themselves would view the site, changing menus dynamically etc...

But it is all in your Admin application design trying to flip sessions back
and forth I don't think it is possible with the authentication system. You
also don't need to change sessions to have the site work the way you want.
It is more about having your permissions set correctly and then giving the
admin rights of both permissions. Then have your URLS so they can accept an
optional user id allowing you to provide that and view the site as if you
were that member. Of course make sure you only allow that feature with
specific groups.

I am sure there are many other ways to do what you are looking for but that
is how I handled it and it works flawless.

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Vincent Catalano <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I have an administrative section in my application which allows a user to
> manage other users on the site. I want to give the administrator the ability
> to login as a given user and "Act as" them. During this time, there would be
> a menu bar at the top of the screen with the option to exit out of the
> regular user's session and return to being an administrator. Could anyone
> give me some direction as to what are some best practices for this as well
> as how one could accomplish this using repoze.who for authentication?
> Thanks!
>
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