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Log in as capability with limitations?

We are currently on Totara version 2.9.6.1. We are trying to develop a role that will provide an admin with access to "Log in as" another user for the purpose of completing a document on their behalf but we do not want them to have the ability to change any of the user profile.

We have allowed the following capabilities:

User: Edit User Profile

View User Full Information

Course: View Reports

See User Full Identity in Lists

View User Profiles

The capabilities listed above do not allow for the search of another user account. We have tried several different capabilities and nothing is working the way we would like it to. Can anyone help us locate a capability in Totara that will give an administrator user search abilities but not update a user profile?

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Hi John

If you look at the Site manager role there are some permissions Edit user profile - this capability can only be applied in a system context. I prevented this and applied to user in system context.

I did do this but when I logged in as a user I was able to edit the users profile. I think what happens when you login as the user you receive all of the permissions of that user so if the user has Edit own profile allowed then this allows the profile to be edited. So to achieve this the authenticated user would need Edit own profile prevented which may not be suitable.

Another possibility when using login as , depending on how accounts are created is to lock user fields so they can't be changed by the user under Plugins > Authentication > Manual accounts.

regards

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What permission allows for an admin to search for users under Site Administration > Users > Browse list of users?

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Hi John

Sorry I can't find a permission specifically for searching fro users - not every menu action has a permission. I would expect the user search permission should be under the System heading below but can't see this listed.

user system permissions

regards

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