switch_user.php

<?php
/**
 * Login as another user in SugarCRM and switch back to admin user
 *
 * Simply put this file into a custom entry point file and
 * browse to it with the parameters 'user_name' or 'back_to_sudo'
 *
 * Usage:
 *    http://xxxxxxxxx/index.php?entryPoint=my_awesome_entry_point&user_name=mylittlepony
 *    http://xxxxxxxxx/index.php?entryPoint=my_awesome_entry_point&back_to_sudo=1
 * 
 * @author Karl Metum <[email protected]>
 * @link http://www.codehacker.se
 */
if(!empty($_GET['user_name']) && $GLOBALS['current_user']->is_admin)
{
  $user_focus = BeanFactory::getBean('Users');
  $user_focus->retrieve_by_string_fields(array('user_name' => $_GET['user_name']));
  if(!empty($user_focus->id))
  {
    if(empty($_SESSION['sudo_user_id']))
      $_SESSION['sudo_user_id'] = $GLOBALS['current_user']->id;

    $GLOBALS['current_user'] = $user_focus;
    $_SESSION['authenticated_user_id'] = $user_focus->id;
    echo "Successfully logged in as " . $GLOBALS['current_user']->user_name;
    return;
  }
}
elseif(!empty($_GET['back_to_sudo']) && !empty($_SESSION['sudo_user_id']))
{
  $user_focus = BeanFactory::getBean('Users');
  $user_focus->retrieve($_SESSION['sudo_user_id']);
  if($user_focus->is_admin)
  {
    $_SESSION['sudo_user_id'] = null;
    $GLOBALS['current_user'] = $user_focus;
    $_SESSION['authenticated_user_id'] = $user_focus->id;
    echo "Successfully logged back to sudo user: " . $GLOBALS['current_user']->user_name;
    return;
  }
}

die("No dice.");

<?php
global $current_user, $db; 
if( ! $current_user->is_admin)
    if(empty($_SESSION['was_admin']))
        die('Need to be administrator to access'); 
if( ! empty($_GET['user_id']))
{
    $_SESSION['user_id'] = $_GET['user_id']; 
    $_SESSION['authenticated_user_id'] = $_GET['user_id'];
    $_SESSION['was_admin'] = true;

    $user = new User(); 
    $user->retrieve($_GET['user_id']);
    $current_user = $user; 
    header('Location: index.php?module=Home');
}
$sql = "SELECT id, user_name, first_name, last_name FROM users WHERE deleted = 0 AND is_group = 0";
$resultset = $db->query($sql);
while($row = $db->fetchByAssoc($resultset))
{
    echo '<a href="index.php?module=Administration&action=SwitchUser&user_id=' . $row['id'] . '"> ' . $row['user_name'] . '</a> '.$row['first_name'].' ' . $row['last_name'] .' <br/><br/>';
}
?>