github-starred/gitea
2
0
Fork 0
mirror of https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea.git synced 2026-07-18 08:54:26 -05:00
Code Issues 2.6k Packages Projects Releases 100 Wiki Activity

As Administrator, Impersonate another user in the web interface #9739

New Issue
Open
opened 2025-11-02 08:48:06 -06:00 by GiteaMirror · 2 comments
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-02 08:48:06 -06:00
Owner
Copy Link

Originally created by @florisla on GitHub (Oct 26, 2022).

Feature Description

It would be very handy if an Administrator can 'impersonate' as another user in the web interface.

This allows the admin to check if that user has access to all the right repositories, and does not have access to stuff that should remain private.

Without this feature, the admin is forced to reset the user's password an use a different browser session to check this.

GitLab offers an 'Impersonate' button in its web interface, on the User profile page next to the 'Edit' button. See docs Admin Area - User impersonation.

This feature already got requested in #2883 but it was interpreted there as an API feature.

On this Discourse page, the feature was called 'Web account impersonation'.

Screenshots

GitLab Impersonate
Impersonate button in GitLab.

Originally created by @florisla on GitHub (Oct 26, 2022). ### Feature Description It would be very handy if an Administrator can 'impersonate' as another user in the web interface. This allows the admin to check if that user has access to all the right repositories, and does *not* have access to stuff that should remain private. Without this feature, the admin is forced to reset the user's password an use a different browser session to check this. GitLab offers an 'Impersonate' button in its web interface, on the User profile page next to the 'Edit' button. See docs [Admin Area - User impersonation](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/admin_area/#user-impersonation). This feature already got requested in #2883 but it was interpreted there as an API feature. On [this Discourse page](https://discourse.gitea.io/t/feature-request-web-account-impersonation/202/3), the feature was called 'Web account impersonation'. ### Screenshots ![GitLab Impersonate](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1745568/197980636-ee607e39-4381-41c9-951a-584fb078bd5c.png) Impersonate button in GitLab.
GiteaMirror added the type/proposaltype/feature labels 2025-11-02 08:48:06 -06:00
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-02 08:48:07 -06:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@florisla commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2022):

This was requested in #6279 as well, and would be a solution for #3631.

@florisla commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2022): This was requested in #6279 as well, and would be a solution for #3631.
GiteaMirror commented 2025-11-02 08:48:08 -06:00
Author
Owner
Copy Link

@simao-silva commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2024):

Any progress on this feature?

@simao-silva commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2024): Any progress on this feature?
Sign in to join this conversation.
No Branch/Tag Specified
Branches Tags
Labels
Clear labels
$20
$250
$50
$500
backport/done
💎 Bounty
docs-update-needed
good first issue
hacktoberfest
issue/bounty
issue/confirmed
issue/critical
issue/duplicate
issue/needs-feedback
issue/not-a-bug
issue/regression
issue/stale
issue/workaround
lgtm/need 2
modifies/api
modifies/translation
outdated/backport/v1.18
outdated/theme/markdown
outdated/theme/timetracker
performance/bigrepo
performance/cpu
performance/memory
performance/speed
pr/breaking
proposal/accepted
proposal/rejected
pr/wip
pull-request
Mirrored from GitHub Pull Request
 reviewed/wontfix
💰 Rewarded
skip-changelog
status/blocked
topic/accessibility
topic/api
topic/authentication
topic/build
topic/code-linting
topic/commit-signing
topic/content-rendering
topic/deployment
topic/distribution
topic/federation
topic/gitea-actions
topic/issues
topic/lfs
topic/mobile
topic/moderation
topic/packages
topic/pr
topic/projects
topic/repo
topic/repo-migration
topic/security
topic/theme
topic/ui
topic/ui-interaction
topic/ux
topic/webhooks
topic/wiki
type/bug
type/deprecation
type/docs
type/enhancement
type/feature
type/miscellaneous
type/proposal
type/question
type/refactoring
type/summary
type/testing
type/upstream
No Label type/feature type/proposal
Milestone
No items
No Milestone
Projects
Clear projects
No project
Assignees
Clear assignees
GiteaMirror ninjasurge
No Assignees
1 Participants
Notifications
Due Date
No due date set.
Dependencies

No dependencies set.

Reference: github-starred/gitea#9739
Delete Branch "%!s()"

Deleting a branch is permanent. Although the deleted branch may continue to exist for a short time before it actually gets removed, it CANNOT be undone in most cases. Continue?