Installation

Step 1: settings.py

Add django_su to INSTALLED_APPS. Make sure you put it before django.contrib.admin.

Step 2: urls.py

Add this to your root urls.py file:

url(r"^su/", include("django_su.urls")),

And that should be it!

Step 3: Install other eggs (optional, but recommended)

If you install these two eggs the enhance user experience:

• The form of ‘login su’ will rendered link a admin form
• The widget to choose the users in the form of ‘login su’ will be a autocomplete

If yout install django-ajax-selects also add this in your settings

AJAX_LOOKUP_CHANNELS = {'django_su': dict(model='auth.user', search_field='username')}

Step 4: Customize django_su (optional)

In your settings you can configure:

• SU_REDIRECT_LOGIN: URL to redirect after the login. By default is “/”
• SU_REDIRECT_EXIT: URL to redirect after the logout. By default is “/”
• SU_LOGIN: A function to specify the perms that the user must have can use django_su

Usage

Go and view a user in the admin interface and look for a new ‘Login as’ button in the top right.

Once you have su’ed into a user, you can get exit back into your original user by navigating to /su/ in your browser.

Credits

This app was put together by Adam Charnock, but was largely based on ideas, code and comments at:

• http://bitkickers.blogspot.com/2010/06/add-button-to-django-admin-to-login-as.html
• http://copiousfreetime.blogspot.com/2006/12/django-su.html