Re: [webmin-l] wishlist --> login to usermin as user NN in the usermin module

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 7/Feb/2006 17:02 Marcos Rubinstein wrote ..
> I know I can log in into Usermin as userNN if I go to "System/Users and
> Groups" and then click on the userNN, then in the edit page I have a 
> button to "Login to Usermin"...
> 
> But I think it would be convenient to be able to have something that would
> let me (or my client) log in as userNN from the Webmin/Usermin module...
> (as one can right now if the user is listed in the "Current Login 
> Sessions")
> 
> Not a biggie ;)... only because the other day I needed to do that.. and
> I 
> could not see it!!! (I was tired... so tired that I decided to change the
> user pass... but I made a copy of that line from shadow... ten log into
> usermin... and then restore that line in shadow ;)

That's a good idea .. I will add a button for switching to a user like that in
the next release. In fact, it is even better than the current method, as it would
support users that are not listed in the Users and Groups module (such as those in NIS
or LDAP).

 - Jamie