Login as any user from the Django admin interface, then switch back when done
Project description
Installation
Step 1: Settings
Add django_su to INSTALLED_APPS. Make sure you put it before django.contrib.admin.
Next add the django-su authentication backend:
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
# Standard Django auth
"django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
# django-su auth
"django_su.backends.SuBackend",
)
Step 2: urls.py
Add this to your root urls.py file:
url(r"^su/", include("django_su.urls")),
And that should be it!
Step 3: Install other eggs (optional, but recommended)
If you install these two eggs the enhance user experience:
The ‘login su’ form will render using django admin forms
The user selection widget will render using django ajax selects
Note that django ajax selects requires the following settings:
AJAX_LOOKUP_CHANNELS = {'django_su': dict(model='auth.user', search_field='username')}
Step 4: Customize django_su (optional)
In your settings you can configure:
SU_REDIRECT_LOGIN: URL to redirect after the login. By default is “/”
SU_REDIRECT_EXIT: URL to redirect after the logout. By default is “/”
SU_LOGIN: A function to specify the perms that the user must have can use django_su
SU_CUSTOM_LOGIN_ACTION: A function to override the django.contrib.auth.login(request, user) function so you can set session data, etc.
Usage
Go and view a user in the admin interface and look for a new ‘Login as’ button in the top right.
Once you have su’ed into a user, you can get exit back into your original user by navigating to /su/ in your browser.
Credits
This app was put together by Adam Charnock, but was largely based on ideas, code and comments at:
django-su is packaged using seed.
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