OpenConext / OpenConext/OpenConext-dashboard

Implement real impersonation

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JavaScript
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Description

This issue is imported from pivotal - Originaly created at Mar 15, 2024 by Bart Geesink

When a user impersonates a SURFconextverantwoordelijke, the user is not really impersonated. This makes that various authorization decisions (like restricting what a super admin may do) are still applied.
Really impersonating the user would remove these restrictions.

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Research direction

Start by locating the dashboard's current impersonation flow and trace how the impersonated SURFconextverantwoordelijke is represented during authorization decisions. Define the behavior needed so those decisions use the impersonated user's identity, then verify that super-admin restrictions no longer remain when impersonation is active.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
authorization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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