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Anonymous masquerading used to be allowed, but was disallowed in CVS revision 1.15.2.3 by Gurpartap, then removed entirely by cYu in 1.15.2.8 because it was disallowed anyway. I remember it had some unpredictable behavior (like having a switch back link stuck in the cache table that didn't work, which meant you had to log back in anyway - see #5 on #88899: New Masquerading Features). Perhaps pinging Gurpartap would get a better explanation since the CVS comment is merely "Lots of improvements and bug fixes."
I am testing this in the latest stable release V1.3
* I can switch if I type in "anony.." in the block
* I cannot switch by leaving it blank as stated in the previous comments. The text box is required so cannot be left blank
* If I want to add the anonymous user the the possible list of users he can switch to the anonymous user does not appear
("Enter the users this user is able to masquerade as:")
I can confirm buckley's comment, except I cannot even switch to anonymous when typing in "anony.." or "anonymous" or blank.
Adding ?q=masquerade/switch/0 works
This bug should be reopened.
Using drupal 6.16 with masquerade 6.x-1.3.
Edit: actually entering "Anonymous" works.
The anonymous user can even be set in Site configuration/Site information
Blank still not working, says field is required
Comments
Comment #1
deekayen CreditAttribution: deekayen commentedAnonymous masquerading used to be allowed, but was disallowed in CVS revision 1.15.2.3 by Gurpartap, then removed entirely by cYu in 1.15.2.8 because it was disallowed anyway. I remember it had some unpredictable behavior (like having a switch back link stuck in the cache table that didn't work, which meant you had to log back in anyway - see #5 on #88899: New Masquerading Features). Perhaps pinging Gurpartap would get a better explanation since the CVS comment is merely "Lots of improvements and bug fixes."
Comment #2
markfoodyburton CreditAttribution: markfoodyburton commentedSubscribing
Comment #3
babbage CreditAttribution: babbage commentedThis functionality would be useful to me too. Subscribing.
Comment #4
usa2k CreditAttribution: usa2k commentedAgree - very useful to include anonymous.
EDIT:
(Took me a bit to realize to highlight the users I want to do a quick switch!)
Very useful - must have module!
Comment #5
Gurpartap Singh CreditAttribution: Gurpartap Singh commentedHave brought the feature back in 6.x release as I am unable to reproduce the problem 5.x release used to have long back. (as i remember).
Experience and bug reports for this would be appreciated.
Comment #6
Gurpartap Singh CreditAttribution: Gurpartap Singh commentedhttp://drupal.org/cvs?commit=179380
Comment #7
usa2k CreditAttribution: usa2k commentedInstalled with new module.
I must be having a DUH moment, because Anonymous (Not logged in)
does not seem to be one of the user modes to test?
Comment #8
Gurpartap Singh CreditAttribution: Gurpartap Singh commentedHehe, actually you'll need to use the block, enter nothing and press Go or goto ?q=masquerade/switch/0.
Comment #10
buckley CreditAttribution: buckley commentedI am testing this in the latest stable release V1.3
* I can switch if I type in "anony.." in the block
* I cannot switch by leaving it blank as stated in the previous comments. The text box is required so cannot be left blank
* If I want to add the anonymous user the the possible list of users he can switch to the anonymous user does not appear
("Enter the users this user is able to masquerade as:")
Regards, buckley
Comment #11
fmjrey CreditAttribution: fmjrey commentedI can confirm buckley's comment, except I cannot even switch to anonymous when typing in "anony.." or "anonymous" or blank.
Adding ?q=masquerade/switch/0 works
This bug should be reopened.
Using drupal 6.16 with masquerade 6.x-1.3.
Edit: actually entering "Anonymous" works.
The anonymous user can even be set in Site configuration/Site information
Blank still not working, says field is required
Comment #12
Bobuido CreditAttribution: Bobuido commentedPerhaps also a link next to the input box for fast switching to anonymous?
I think that would be more obvious than a blank search but to include that too with a message would be nice
Really handy module - Thanks for all your hard work :)
Comment #13
cimo CreditAttribution: cimo commentedI can t get the anonymous switch to work, Drupal 6.19 and Masquerade 6.x-1.4
Comment #14
David Latapie CreditAttribution: David Latapie commentedAny update on this? I am using masquerade with Drupal 7 RC3 and I still can't masquerade as anonymous. This is a much needed feature!
Comment #15
ressa CreditAttribution: ressa commentedI can switch to Anonymous user, but not switch back... Using version 6.x-1.5