[Zope] Log in as another user

[Andreas Jung]

--On 2. Oktober 2006 11:02:28 +0800 "Sinang, Danny" <D.Sinang at spi-bpo.com> 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In Unix, there's the "su" command which admins can use to log in as
> another user.

You can create a new security context using the newSecurityManager() API.
Google for details.


> If not, is there a way for admins to view the passwords of their users ?


Passwords in newer Zope versions are stored as a hash. Older Zope versions 
used to store the password as '__' attribute of the user object.

-aj
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