SugarCRM user switching / login as another user

switch_user.php

<?php
/**
 * Login as another user in SugarCRM and switch back to admin user
 *
 * Simply put this file into a custom entry point file and
 * browse to it with the parameters 'user_name' or 'back_to_sudo'
 *
 * Usage:
 *    http://xxxxxxxxx/index.php?entryPoint=my_awesome_entry_point&user_name=mylittlepony
 *    http://xxxxxxxxx/index.php?entryPoint=my_awesome_entry_point&back_to_sudo=1
 * 
 * @author Karl Metum <karl.metum@codehacker.se>
 * @link http://www.codehacker.se
 */
if(!empty($_GET['user_name']) && $GLOBALS['current_user']->is_admin)
{
  $user_focus = BeanFactory::getBean('Users');
  $user_focus->retrieve_by_string_fields(array('user_name' => $_GET['user_name']));
  if(!empty($user_focus->id))
  {
    if(empty($_SESSION['sudo_user_id']))
      $_SESSION['sudo_user_id'] = $GLOBALS['current_user']->id;

    $GLOBALS['current_user'] = $user_focus;
    $_SESSION['authenticated_user_id'] = $user_focus->id;
    echo "Successfully logged in as " . $GLOBALS['current_user']->user_name;
    return;
  }
}
elseif(!empty($_GET['back_to_sudo']) && !empty($_SESSION['sudo_user_id']))
{
  $user_focus = BeanFactory::getBean('Users');
  $user_focus->retrieve($_SESSION['sudo_user_id']);
  if($user_focus->is_admin)
  {
    $_SESSION['sudo_user_id'] = null;
    $GLOBALS['current_user'] = $user_focus;
    $_SESSION['authenticated_user_id'] = $user_focus->id;
    echo "Successfully logged back to sudo user: " . $GLOBALS['current_user']->user_name;
    return;
  }
}

die("No dice.");

This is so simple and soooo useful! thank you!

I am fairly new to Sugar but is looking for this functionality. Would you mind sharing how I could "install" this script to our instance of Sugar?

This method of switching user no longer works as of 7.9.2. Most likely due to security patches against session hijacking. You need to instead call the endpoint rest/v10/oauth2/sudo/ and then replace the access token in the App cache store client side: App.cache.store.set('prod:SugarCRM:AuthAccessToken', <access_token from api call>); On navigating next time, you will act as the other user.