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The Masquerade module allows site administrators (or anyone with enough permissions) to switch users and surf the site as that user (no password required). That person can switch back to their own user account at any time.
This is helpful for site developers when trying to determine what a client, logged in as themselves, might see when logged into the site.
The masquerade module is designed as a tool for site designers and site administrators. While masquerading, a field is set on the $user object, and a menu item appears allowing the user to switch back. Database log (watchdog) entries are made any time a user masquerades or stops masquerading as another user.
Anonymous masquerading
Any previous support to masquerade as "anonymous" has always been buggy and hurts performance on larger sites. To masquerade as anonymous users, logout or use the private window of your browser.
Related modules
Masquerade float block
Masquerade Field
Masquerade Log
Masquerade nominate
Also use ecosystem page to see other ones added by maintainers
Project information
- Minimally maintained
Maintainers monitor issues, but fast responses are not guaranteed. - Maintenance fixes only
Considered feature-complete by its maintainers. - Module categories: Administration Tools, Developer Tools, Access Control
- Ecosystem: Masquerade
- 60,568 sites report using this module
- Created by merlinofchaos on , updated
- Drupal 10 is here!
Ported already
- This project is not covered by the security advisory policy.
Use at your own risk! It may have publicly disclosed vulnerabilities.
Releases
Fix broken upgrade path for block link
Development version: 8.x-2.x-dev updated 25 Oct 2023 at 11:26 UTC
Development version: 7.x-1.x-dev updated 2 Nov 2016 at 20:14 UTC