Hello, I am lil bit confused. Will this help on returning back to the admin user again?
On Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:54:20 AM UTC+5:30, Walter Lee Davis wrote: > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 11:52 PM, Avi wrote: > > > Currently I am using CanCan. > > Can you please explain a bit more on your solution? > > #users_controller.rb > before_filter :authenticate_impersonator!, :only => [:index, > :impersonate, :stop_impersonating] > > def impersonate > session[:impersonating] = params[:practice_id] > redirect_to( '/calendar' ) > end > > def stop_impersonating > session[:impersonating] = nil > redirect_to( '/users/index' ) > end > > def authenticate_impersonator! > redirect_to(:root) unless (can? :impersonate, User) > end > > #application_controller.rb > helper_method :current_practice > def current_practice > if session[:impersonating] > Practice.find session[:impersonating] > else > current_user.practice > end > end > > #views/layouts/index.html.erb > > <%- if session[:impersonating] -%> > <div id="impersonating"> > <p>Currently impersonating <strong><%= > current_practice.name%></strong> <%= link_to "Stop Impersonating", > "/users/stop_impersonating", > :class => "form_button delete" %></p> > </div> > <%- end -%> > > > Everything in this solution centers around the current_practice helper, > which is where I used the session to side-step the current user and pretend > to be another. > > Walter > > > > > On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:51:43 PM UTC+5:30, Walter Lee Davis > wrote: > > > > On Sep 26, 2012, at 4:58 AM, Avi wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have an interesting requirement. Don't know how to do it. > > > I have an Admin, which can see a list of users. > > > All the users will have a button (Login). > > > The Admin can click on the Login button to to access the user's > account. > > > If Admin does this he will be logged out of his account. But how to > access back his own account if he tries to come out of that user's account? > > > > > > > What method are you using for authentication? I did something similar in > Devise, where I allowed the admin to impersonate another user. I hooked > into the current_user method and allowed an admin user to assume the > identity of another user without logging out. Since admins were allowed to > see everything anyway (in CanCan) I didn't need to do anything special > besides store the ID of the account I was impersonating in the session. > > > > Walter > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rubyonra...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-ta...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/udMtXUaASAoJ. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/WJ-3bA_74CsJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
