Thanks for the hint. I didn't know about user_external_login.<http://api.drupal.org/api/function/user_external_login/6> Unfortunately it does not allow me to start a new session and call $_SESSION[LOGIN_AS_DIFFERENT_USER] = TRUE;. This line is very important, because later on it tells ip_login not to do an autologin but let the user login as a different user. Are there some more things to think about? Best Regards Ernst 2010/2/8 Brian Vuyk <brian@brianvuyk.com>
Is it possible this could be simplified somewhat by using user_external_login()?
http://api.drupal.org/api/function/user_external_login/6
Ernst Plüss wrote:
Hi drupal friends
I've written a patch for the ip_login module. It extends the module with the possiblity to have a "login as an other user" link.
Basically it does the following things:
1. Logs out the current user. 2. Makes sure ip_login does not straight login again. 3. Shows the user login screen.
My code works, but I'm not 100% sure whether it's save to code it like that. Could someone have an I on it?
/** * Logs the current user out and start new session. * * Most of the code taken from user_logout() and _drupal_bootstrap(). */ function ip_login_as_different_user() { *global* *$*user;
watchdog('user', 'Session closed for %name.', *array*('%name' *=**>* *$* user*->*name));
// Destroy the current session: session_destroy(); // Only variables can be passed by reference workaround. *$*null *=* *NULL*; user_module_invoke('logout', *$*null, *$*user);
// Load the anonymous user *$*user *=* drupal_anonymous_user();
require_once variable_get('session_inc', './includes/session.inc'); session_set_save_handler('sess_open', 'sess_close', 'sess_read', ' sess_write', 'sess_destroy_sid', 'sess_gc'); session_start();
*$*_SESSION[LOGIN_AS_DIFFERENT_USER] *=* TRUE;
// show the login page drupal_goto('user'); }
Thanks for taking your time! Ernst