FoF Impersonate, login as other users

nxmndr

It is missing an important feature for handy administration : when logging out, it should log you back in as the previous admin profile. Currently it just logs you out.

It should also be possible to impersonate from the admin panel users list.

davetodave178

nxmndr For your first feature request, see davetodave178. Your second feature request would indeed be a nice, small addition. I'll keep that on the back of my mind.

davetodave178

nxmndr Just to let you know, I've already implemented the possibility to impersonate from the admin panel (FriendsOfFlarum/impersonate39) but it requires flarum/core v1.8.6, which will be released soon'ish. Watch this space!

davetodave178

nxmndr

1.2.0

What's Changed

Bump semver from 6.3.0 to 6.3.1 in /js by @dependabot in #32
Bump @babel/traverse from 7.18.0 to 7.23.3 in /js by @dependabot in #33
Bump ws from 7.5.6 to 7.5.10 in /js by @dependabot in #34
Target 1.x workflows, switch to yarn by @davetodave178 in FriendsOfFlarum/impersonate36
TS Refactor by @davetodave178 in FriendsOfFlarum/impersonate37
chore: simplify error handling by @davetodave178 in FriendsOfFlarum/impersonate38
Allow Impersonation From Admin Panel by @davetodave178 in FriendsOfFlarum/impersonate39

Full Changelog: FriendsOfFlarum/impersonate1.1.1 → 1.2.0

Umutcan

Once you're logged into the user's account, there must be a way to get back into the admin account.

davetodave178

Umutcan This has been a long-requested feature but is not possible with the current implementation. When impersonating another user, you are effectively logged in as that user, and any context that you were impersonating someone beforehand is lost. There is no difference between impersonating someone or just a regular session. Unfortunately, I don't see this feature being added anytime soon.

Umutcan

davetodave178 There must be a way to keep this context and return to the admin account. This was possible in Xenforo. Of course, the two software cannot be compared, I left the source below as an example.

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/login-as-user-lau2.6622/

clarkwinkelmann

There's nothing preventing the "back" feature to be implemented.

At least from my point of view, the challenge is just that's it's an entire new feature, essentially "impersonate from cookie". Or alternatively, rewrite the entire extension to change user without terminating the existing session. Either of those requires a significant amount of work.

Umutcan

clarkwinkelmann You say that the planning and code needs to be completely revamped. I understand, but as far as I can follow, there doesn't seem to be an extension writer who can take on this workload. In this case, there is nothing left to do 🙁

huseyinfiliz

clarkwinkelmann I'm just curious if it's theoretically possible. Let's consider an example scenario.

When logged in as an admin account, we imitate a user account called "example," temporarily saving the admin account's information via cookies or local storage. The "logout" button for the "example" account would function as a way to return to the admin account, and when clicked, it would mimic the previous account.

Essentially, if the logout button's functionality were replaced with a return to admin account feature within the existing impersonation option of the extension, how would that work?

Or, more clearly, what if a "Return to Admin Account" button were added next to the logout button? How would that be?

ernestdefoe

Umutcan I’m sure as soon as Flarum 2 comes out there may be devs that have more time.

whisperwow

I am not able to to login as any other users anymore. When I click on the "Login as user" option it takes me to the profile but I am still logged in as the site admin. Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?

clarkwinkelmann

whisperwow please share your php flarum info output.

I have not used the extension recently so I don't know if there has been a possible breaking change, but in general it could be a conflict with another extension.

whisperwow

clarkwinkelmann Following is my php flarum info output.

Flarum core: 1.8.9
PHP version: 8.2.27
MySQL version: 10.11.10-MariaDB
Loaded extensions: Core, date, libxml, openssl, pcre, sqlite3, zlib, bz2, calendar, ctype, curl, hash, filter, ftp, gettext, json, iconv, SPL, pcntl, random, readline, Reflection, session, standard, mbstring, shmop, SimpleXML, tokenizer, xml, bcmath, dom, fileinfo, gd, gmp, igbinary, imagick, imap, intl, exif, monarxprotect, msgpack, PDO, mysqlnd, mysqli, pdo_mysql, pdo_sqlite, Phar, posix, redis, soap, sockets, sysvmsg, sysvsem, sysvshm, tidy, timezonedb, xmlreader, xmlrpc, xmlwriter, xsl, zip, memcached, Zend OPcache
+--------------------------------------+---------+--------+
| Flarum Extensions | | |
+--------------------------------------+---------+--------+
| ID | Version | Commit |
+--------------------------------------+---------+--------+
| flarum-flags | v1.8.2 | |
| flarum-tags | v1.8.3 | |
| flarum-markdown | v1.8.1 | |
| flarum-approval | v1.8.2 | |
| flarum-suspend | v1.8.4 | |
| v17development-seo | v2.0.6 | |
| askvortsov-rich-text | v2.1.7 | |
| flarum-sticky | v1.8.2 | |
| flarum-lock | v1.8.2 | |
| fof-merge-discussions | 1.4.1 | |
| flamarkt-backoffice | 0.1.4 | |
| afrux-forum-widgets-core | v0.1.7 | |
| fof-pages | 1.0.8 | |
| fof-impersonate | 1.2.0 | |
| flarum-mentions | v1.8.5 | |
| flarum-subscriptions | v1.8.1 | |
| fof-byobu | 1.4.1 | |
| v17development-blog | v0.8.0 | |
| therealsujitk-gifs | v4.1.1 | |
| sycho-profile-cover | v1.3.5 | |
| sycho-move-posts | v0.1.8 | |
| mickmelon-coloured-usernames | 0.1.1 | |
| michaelbelgium-discussion-views | v7.3 | |
| luceos-staff-badge | 0.1.0 | |
| kilowhat-wordpress | 2.0.2 | |
| katosdev-signature | 1.6 | |
| justoverclock-welcomebox | 2.0.2 | |
| justoverclock-hot-discussions | 0.1.2 | |
| isaced-email-verification-switch | 1.0.1 | |
| ianm-syndication | 1.3.4 | |
| ianm-same-page-admin | 0.1.0 | |
| ianm-html-head | 1.2.4 | |
| fof-user-directory | 1.4.0 | |
| fof-user-bio | 1.4.2 | |
| fof-upload | 1.8.1 | |
| fof-split | 1.1.1 | |
| fof-socialprofile | 1.1.6 | |
| fof-sitemap | 2.2.1 | |
| fof-recaptcha | 1.3.4 | |
| fof-reactions | 1.4.1 | |
| fof-profile-image-crop | 1.1.6 | |
| fof-polls | 2.2.12 | |
| fof-moderator-notes | 1.3.0 | |
| fof-links | 1.3.0 | |
| fof-gamification | 1.6.8 | |
| fof-formatting | 1.0.3 | |
| fof-follow-tags | 1.2.9 | |
| fof-drafts | 1.2.12 | |
| fof-doorman | 1.1.5 | |
| fof-direct-links | 1.0.1 | |
| fof-custom-footer | 1.1.2 | |
| fof-analytics | 1.1.0 | |
| flarum-statistics | v1.8.1 | |
| flarum-pusher | v1.8.1 | |
| flarum-nicknames | v1.8.2 | |
| flarum-lang-english | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-extension-manager | v1.0.7 | |
| flarum-emoji | v1.8.1 | |
| flarum-bbcode | v1.8.0 | |
| flarum-akismet | v1.8.1 | |
| dhtml-composer | 2.1.5 | |
| davwheat-custom-sidenav-links | 1.0.1 | |
| datlechin-landing-page | 0.1.0 | |
| dalez-fluent-flarum | v1.3.1 | |
| clarkwinkelmann-status | 1.0.0 | |
| clarkwinkelmann-group-list | 1.0.0 | |
| clarkwinkelmann-group-invitation | 1.0.2 | |
| clarkwinkelmann-discussion-bookmarks | 2.0.1 | |
| clarkwinkelmann-circle-groups | 1.0.1 | |
| blomstra-database-queue | 1.1.0 | |
| askvortsov-categories | v3.1.0 | |
| alexanderomara-gravatar | 1.5.1 | |
| afrux-news-widget | v0.1.1 | |
| 2nrwls-audio | v3.0 | |
+--------------------------------------+---------+--------+
Queue driver: database
Session driver: file
Scheduler status: Active
Mail driver: smtp
Debug mode: off

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