Thanks - both of these modules solve half of the problem (i.e., the switching part) - but neither seem to allow me to force the user to enter the root password in order to switch to the root account. Very useful, though; two new questions: 1. If I were to build a module that was dependent on either masquerade or devel switch user to provide the functionality I'm talking about, which module would be the best foundation? 2. Is there a simple way I can mash-up this module with the regular user module to do this? I'm guessing there must be. Thanks again, guys; the best bit about Drupal (and the Drupal community) is not having to re-invent the wheel ;) --Jim -- My IM and Skype details are at http://state68.com/contact Paolo Mainardi: http://drupal.org/project/masquerade On 9 August 2010 17:40, Pedro Faria de Miranda Pinto <predofaria@gmail.com>wrote:
You can use devel module with switch user block
On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:35 PM, James Benstead <james.benstead@gmail.com>wrote:
I'm very interested in UI design, and mapping the design of Drupal admin interfaces to pre-existing, long-standing frameworks. I'm currently looking for a module that allows a "site manager" to quickly switch to and from the root user of a D6 site - in my mind's eye this module displays a block with a password field and a submit button; entering the root password and hitting the button is broadly equivalent to "sudo su" in Unix. Once the user has root privileges, a click on the "step down" button in the same block returns them to their saved regular session.
My question: does a module exists that does this, or gets close to this? Or is it possible to cobble together this functionality by using existing functionality in already-existing D6 modules?
Thanks,
--Jim -- My IM and Skype details are at http://state68.com/contact
-- Pedro Faria de Miranda Pinto http://www.eusouopedro.com http://www.phpavancado.net