Extension:Sudo

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg Sudo Release status: unmaintained
Implementation	User identity
Description	Gives the ability for Sudoers on the wiki to login to other users' accounts.
Author(s)	Daniel Friesen (Dantmantalk)
Latest version	0.6.0 (2018-06-29)
MediaWiki	1.29+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate>
Added rights sudo
Hooks used SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal Universal extensions UserLogoutComplete
Quarterly downloads
Public wikis using
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The Sudo extension the ability for Sudoers on the wiki to login to other users' accounts, using "Special:Sudo". This may be used for helping users set their own preferences, testing to see if something in the UI is affected by their login, or changing things under their name.

Sudo does log use of sudo to transfer to another user's accounts; however, beyond that there is no tracking of what the sudoed user does. Be careful who you give sudo to as it can be abused in the worst of ways. It is not longer possible to change the email address of an account without knowing the password with the help of this extension.

Installation

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/Sudo</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>Sudo</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Sudo
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'Sudo' );
  

• Configure user group and user right at your convenience.
• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Configuration

The user right "sudo" will have to be set for an existing user group, e.g. "bureaucrat" or preferably for a new user group:

$wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['sudo'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sudo']['sudo'] = true;

Known issues

See phab:maniphest/query/Uaw4sPCoSHql/#R.