Yes we should :) Also, another class/key that checks of the person is impersonating or not. :D
@auth.is_impersonating() returns boolean On Apr 23, 3:07 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are using Auth you may want to be able to impersonate a > different user without logout and without resetting all your session > variables. > > This is how you can do it > > #optonal: @auth.requires_permission > ('impersonate',auth.table_user,request.args[0] if request.args else 0) > def impersonate(): > """ usagehttp://..../impersonate/[id] """ > auth.original_user = auth.user > auth.user = auth.table_user._filter_fields(auth.table_user > [request.args[0]],True) > return dict() > > def un_impersonate(): > if auth.original_user: > auth.user = auth.original_user > auth.original_user = None > return dict() > > You can already do this. Should we make it easier and make them > methods of the Auth class? > > Massimo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

