Allow specific users to impersonate defined users

zogstrip · February 28, 2019, 2:53pm

You will have to write a plugin that will overwrite the can_impersonate? method

lib/guardian.rb

fabeba788


      
          def can_impersonate?(target)
            target &&
          
            # You must be an admin to impersonate
            is_admin? &&
          
            # You may not impersonate other admins unless you are a dev
            (!target.admin? || is_developer?)
          
            # Additionally, you may not impersonate yourself;
            # but the two tests for different admin statuses
            # make it impossible to be the same user.
          end

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