Name | SU for JIRA |
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Price | Commercial |
| Compatibility | JIRA 5 or newer |
Marketplace | |
IssueTracking |
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Dual licensing means SU for JIRA can be: Dual licensing does not mean SU Vendor licenses are compatible with marketplace, can be installed in marketplace or otherwise used anywhere except the Vendor license screen, as they are by definition Vendor licenses. For users wanting to switch to Marketplace licensing, when renewing maintenance, a 50% discount for their specific license tier will be given. This discount is done through a single use promotion code. At this time transfer 'mid-year' is not being offered. |
What is SU?
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As a JIRA administrator 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
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5.x
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Installation
- You can install this plugin via the universal plugin manager!
License install
The Plugins 'configure' link lets you request an EVAL license. Follow the screenshots listed on the plugin page
1.5.x Dual Licensing
Versions above 1.5.x support dual licensing. This means that:
- Marketplace licenses (obtained via the Marketplace) can be installed directly
- Vendor licenses (obtained from The Plugin People or via the automated checkout process) can be installed via the Configure link (above). The license entry textbox is lower down, scroll down to locate.
Keyboard Shortcut
@since JSU 1.5.4
A global keyboard shortcut is available for SU, to see available shortcuts press ?, to trigger the SU prompt, press the combination g ^ (the ^ is shift 6!), then you will get:
| User Prompt | User Selection | Ready to Submit |
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 |  |  |
Controlling Access
@since JSU 1.5.5
Only system admins can configure who can SU, anyone with SU capability cannot SU to a user with system admin capability!
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The default behaviour is that System admins and JIRA admins are able to SU, access may also be granted to nominated groups (note: probably not a good idea to add jira-users into this!):
| Default Access | With Delegated Group Access |
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SU-Exit
The SU Exit for JIRA SU is accessed via the toolbar, as shown below:
Manual Tweak required (Prior to V 1.4.4)
Modify the file /atlassian-jira/secure/admin/user/views/userbrowser.jsp to get a UI 'SU' link. Find the following (starting around line 182 in JIRA 5.2), the bold section is added to make the SU link visible.
<td data-cell-type="operations">
<ul class="operations-list">
..<li><a id="su_link_<webwork:property value='name'/>" href="<ww:url page='JiraSU.jspa'><ww:param name="'name'" value='name' /></ww:url>">SU</A></li>
<li><a id="projectroles_link_<ww:property value="name"/>" href="<ww:url page="ViewUserProjectRoles!default.jspa"><ww:param name="'name'" value="name" /><ww:param name="'returnUrl'" value="'UserBrowser.jspa'" /></ww:url>"><ww:text name="'common.words.project.roles'"/></a></li>
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</ul>
</td>
Pre-modified files:
For the time challenged, assuming no other customizations, copy the appropriate file to /atlassian-jira/secure/admin/user/views/userbrowser.jsp
The manual approach
Jira 3.x - 4.1.x 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> |
Jira 4.2
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| <a id="su_link_<webwork:property value='name'/>" href="<ww:url page='JiraSU.jspa'><ww:param name="'name'" value='name' /></ww:url>">SU</A> |
Jira 4.4+ - 6.0
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<li><a id="su_link_<webwork:property value='name'/>" href="<ww:url page='JiraSU.jspa'><ww:param name="'name'" value='name' /></ww:url>">SU</A></li> |
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.
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/PREFIX/secure/admin/user/JiraSU.jspa?name=%22+uid.toLowerCase();};}; |
Version History
TODO | reimplement auditing |
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1.3.x | ? |
1.3 | 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 |
Open Issues
None yet.