Hello! [sent this to the zope-dev list but it was pointed out that perhpas this was a better list, even it imho is a development question] I am wondering if it is possible to write a userfolder that does the following (I need to implement a userfolder with these properties): For certain categories of users, for instance Teachers, while keeping their current authorisation of Teachers, I need to let them "impersonate" a user with lower authorisation than they currently have, say Students. So a logged in Teacher could for instance examine what a particular student sees in a Student portal (i.e. "previewing" it as would that particular student) Is this possible with Zopes current securtiy mechanisms? For now I can do it by providing a security mechanism that runs in parallel to zope's own, but it is a bit cumbersome to develop for - also I miss some of the features that zope provides for automagically protecting obejcts, etc. Proxy roels will not work for what I have in mind (at leats I think they won't). Any info or pointers are appreciated. Sincerely, /dario - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dario Lopez-Kästen, dario@ita.chalmers.se IT Systems & Services System Developer/System Administrator Chalmers University of Tech.