How can i change jira http request user ?

[Frederic Esnault]

Hi I'm wondering how to make a plugin that would change the logged in user. Say you're an admin, and you select a user in a list, and you want to be connected as this user. I didn't find how to do this, and i tried a filter creating a custom HttpServletRequestWrapper implelementation, but my getRemoteUSer is never called.

Any idea ?

[Volodymyr Krupach]

I agree with Nick in statement "you better do not do it". But if you really need you can try to play with jiraAuthenticationContext.setLoggedInUser.

[Frédéric Esnault]

Thanks @Volodymyr Krupach , That was the good way to do it. I already tried that but not in the right place. Now it works fine thanks !

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Generally there's no particularly good reason to do this - I've not run into any strong case where impersonating a user in order to debug a problem is better than understanding the root cause of the problem.

However, there are a few  add-ons that will let you do it.  I am aware of two (but I think there are more) - the SU add-on does nothing more than letting an admin re-login as a user, and the Script Runner has the same function amongst loads of others.

[Dave C]

Perhaps you may want to try SU for JIRA? Sounds like this will give you the functionality you're after.

[Frédéric Esnault]

Yes, no doubt, but it's not free, and I want full control on the plugin providing this functionality, given its sensitive nature.