In general I've found any situation where in Mac Manager where I used to
masquerade as a user I've been able to solve by creating a temporary
user in either OD or AD testing what I need to and then removing the
user.
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Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:14 AM
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Subject: Re: Diradmin logging in as a user
Hi David,
Welcome back :-).
On 18 Jul 2006, at 21:01, David Buck wrote:
> I'm new to the list (well, returning from a long absence) so sorry
> if this has been discussed recently, though I checked the archives.
>
> Why exactly is there no masquerading function to allow a diradmin
> to log in as a managed user. I know there is an AFP masquerading
> function but it would be useful to have the same functionality via
> a checkbox in WGM.
>
> FWIW, I long ago accepted this change and moved on after switching
> from Macintosh Manager x years ago. Right now I could do with a
> good reason to pass on to someone who the lack of masqueraging is
> dumb.
I guess the obvious reason is that OS X is designed for heterogeneous
environments. Since the masquerading would need to be respected by
all authentication mechanisms involved, it becomes impossible in
anything other than a pure OD setup. How would you masquerade as a
user logging in to an Active Directory, with 801.x wireless, for
example?
If you are in a pure OD environment, some of the functionality you
might want can be obtained by temporarily replacing the user's
AuthAuthority with that of a user with a known password, but i
wouldn't bother myself. I haven't seen an scenario where this is ever
really necessary.
matt jenns
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
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