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Fast User Switcher

Overview

  • Log in as

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  • any user

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  • into the

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  • system to investigate issues

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  • , make changes on behalf of some user

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  • Use "su" keyword at any page or blog post to access FUS.
  • Track FUS usage statistics with Audit Log - Who\When\Which User.

Configuration

  • To install Fast User Switcher (FUS) for Confluence application go to "Manage apps"

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  • To configure FUS go to Confluence administration - Find Fast User Switcher - click on "Configuration" button
  • On the FUS configuration page you can choose a user group who will be able to use FUS functions. 


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Use cases

  1. You have a special user to make review and changes in Confluence articles (Moderator) and you do not want to share

    password from this

    user passwords. You can use

    Sudo

    FUS to switch to this user and make changes on behalf of him.

  2. Your teammate cannot see some

    page

    pages, but permissions

    looks

    look like everything should

    works

    work fine. You

    would like to

    can log in

    with his credentials

    as teammate's user to investigate an issue.

User guide

  1. Just go to your App Manager and click on Sudo or just press "su" on your keyboard
      2. Now enter any user name you wish to investigate and click on Sudo button.
      3. Now you logged in as the user and see everything from his/hers perspective

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How to Switch User Session With FUS

  • To start a session with any other user use hotkey "su", or click on user menu link, in the top right corner, and select "Start Sudo Session"

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  • Type a username from which you want to start a session and click on "Switch to user" button


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  • Now you can start work on behalf of that user


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  • To end session after finishing the work click on "End Sudo Session"

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Review FUS actions with Audit Log

  • To track FUS usage statistics with Audit Log go to Confluence administration - Fast User Switcher (FUS) and click on "Audit Log"

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  • Review FUS activities


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  • Click on the row to view more information about the event


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  • To export Audit log to CSV format click on "Export" button
  • To change Audit log settings click on "Settings" button 

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