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Name	jira-su-plugin
Version	1.2
Product Versions	3.x - 4.x
Author(s)	~javahollic
Homepage	this page
Price	Free, but you can Image Added
License	Apache 2.0
Plugin Exchange	https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/5043
IssueTracking	http://developer.atlassian.com/jira/browse/JSU
Download JAR	1.2 (all)
Download Source	1.2 jar, Fisheye

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As a system admin you get users saying 'I cant do xyz', or you have conversations like 'you should see xyz' and the phone says 'no I cant'. You need to be your user to ensure clarity of instructions, and to spot/resolve other kinds of problems. Without giving passwords away, how do you do that? Well, you use this plugin. This plugin enables system administrators to become another user (to 'su' in Linux speak), enable setup, testing etc

Compatibility

4.0rc1
3.13.x

Installation

Copy the JAR to your WEB-INF/lib folder.

Modify the file /secure/admin/user/views/userbrowser.jsp to get a UI 'SU' link. Find the following:

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    <a id="projectroles_link_<webwork:property value="name"/>" href="<webwork:url page="ViewUserProjectRoles!default.jspa"><webwork:param name="'name'" value="name" /><webwork:param name="'returnUrl'" value="'UserBrowser.jspa'" /></webwork:url>"><webwork:text name="'common.words.project.roles'"/></a>

Add the following beneath it:

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\| <a id="su_link_<webwork:property value="name"/>" href="<webwork:url page="JiraSU.jspa"><webwork:param name="'name'" value="name" /></webwork:url>">SU</A>

Usage

Once installed, as a system administrator, go to the User Browser, you will find a SU link in the Operations column. Clicking SU will reset who you are to the given user, and return you to the Dashboard.

Alternate usage (no install needed)

You can also invoke the SU via the following javascript, contributed by ~eis:

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javascript:if(window.location.hostname.search(/jira.+/)==-1){alert(%22Jira%20SU:%20URL%20doesn't%20point%20to%20a%20Jira%20system!%22);}else{void(uid=prompt('Jira%20SU%20('+window.location.hostname+')',''));if(uid){window.location.href=%22https://%22+window.location.hostname+%22/secure/admin/user/JiraSU.jspa?name=%22+uid.toLowerCase();};};

If your Jira isn't deployed to / you will need to update the url with the prefix:

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/PREFIX/secure/admin/user/JiraSU.jspa?name=%22+uid.toLowerCase();};};

Version History

?	Extend to allow 'exit' back to existing system admin user
1.2	Auto redirects to Dashboard on successful SU
1.1	bugfix, make work with /jira type context deployments, required interim 'click here' page to get to the Dashboard, couldn't figure out how to redirect straight there.
1.0	Initial release

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