Re: logging in as user with admin account
Expanding on what Russ said, we've got a mimic feature that takes a logged in session user (session.user variable), moves it (session. originaluser) and then logs in the admin as the requested user to mimic. So there is a new session.user and the admin's own session. originaluser. We have some functionality that should not be performed while mimicking (so we check for a session.originaluser), and when the admin is done, they stop the mimic, we delete the session.user and move session.originaluser back to session.user and the admin is back to him/herself on the site. Coming back to this. I am going to try this out. Thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: logging in as user with admin account
How about running the site under 2 domains or cnames, and doing the sudo log-in to the second. Www.sitea.com logs into www2.sitea.com Or Sita.com logs into siteb.com First example would require not using domain cookies in your application. Byron Mann Lead Engineer and Architect Hostmysite.com On Jul 24, 2012 2:31 PM, Torrent Girl moniqueb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All. I am working on an app that needs to allow an admin to log in as a user but keep his/her session active. Any suggestions? I tried to force a different browser but from my research that is impossible. Also, I am not using URL params but the user info is set in session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: logging in as user with admin account
you really need to store the admin session in different variables to avoid that problem. try using session.user and session.admin for example. Ah! I think this may work...will try it. Tanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
logging in as user with admin account
Hi All. I am working on an app that needs to allow an admin to log in as a user but keep his/her session active. Any suggestions? I tried to force a different browser but from my research that is impossible. Also, I am not using URL params but the user info is set in session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351972 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: logging in as user with admin account
On 7/24/2012 2:30 PM, Torrent Girl wrote: Hi All. I am working on an app that needs to allow an admin to log in as a user but keep his/her session active. Any suggestions? I tried to force a different browser but from my research that is impossible. Also, I am not using URL params but the user info is set in session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351973 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: logging in as user with admin account
You could just have a link to auto post the user login details to the login page. Or you just manually create the user session so he appears as logged in for that user. Regards Russ Michaels On Jul 24, 2012 7:31 PM, Torrent Girl moniqueb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All. I am working on an app that needs to allow an admin to log in as a user but keep his/her session active. Any suggestions? I tried to force a different browser but from my research that is impossible. Also, I am not using URL params but the user info is set in session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351974 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: logging in as user with admin account
You could just have a link to auto post the user login details to the login page. Or you just manually create the user session so he appears as logged in for that user. Regards Russ Michaels On Jul 24, 2012 7:31 PM, Torrent Girl moniqueb...@gmail.com wrote: Russ I am passing the users login info but it overrides the admin's session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351975 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: logging in as user with admin account
Expanding on what Russ said, we've got a mimic feature that takes a logged in session user (session.user variable), moves it (session.originaluser) and then logs in the admin as the requested user to mimic. So there is a new session.user and the admin's own session.originaluser. We have some functionality that should not be performed while mimicking (so we check for a session.originaluser), and when the admin is done, they stop the mimic, we delete the session.user and move session.originaluser back to session.user and the admin is back to him/herself on the site. -Original Message- From: Torrent Girl [mailto:moniqueb...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 2:31 PM To: cf-talk Subject: logging in as user with admin account Hi All. I am working on an app that needs to allow an admin to log in as a user but keep his/her session active. Any suggestions? I tried to force a different browser but from my research that is impossible. Also, I am not using URL params but the user info is set in session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: logging in as user with admin account
you really need to store the admin session in different variables to avoid that problem. try using session.user and session.admin for example. On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Torrent Girl moniqueb...@gmail.com wrote: You could just have a link to auto post the user login details to the login page. Or you just manually create the user session so he appears as logged in for that user. Regards Russ Michaels On Jul 24, 2012 7:31 PM, Torrent Girl moniqueb...@gmail.com wrote: Russ I am passing the users login info but it overrides the admin's session. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:351977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
