User impersonating guide

[Kreender]

I reviewed the documentation about impersonating and I haven't found any clear instructions on doing something I need, or even if I can. As an author, how do I preview a page as a determined user?, is that possible, is there a guide explaining the process?, because I haven't found any.

[smacdonald2008]

Are you talking about Personalization? 

[Kreender]

No, I am not. I'm taling about "Impersonating another User", from https://docs.adobe.com/docs/en/aem/6-1/administer/security/security.html I don't know if that is really what I'm looking for because the documentation is so light or if there is not really a way of doing what I want which is from the author perspective visualizing the page as an user from with some role.

[stevec2515680]

That topic talks about managing users, groups, and permissions. For example, how to set permissions or create groups.

If you want to see the experience that a specific uset sees based on permissions, etc, then log into AEM as a specifc user.  Tjis is how people tests users, groups snd permissions.

[Lokesh_Shivalingaiah]

Simple way to check is..

Login is as Administrator and impersonate as 'author'

Now you will see only those controls which 'author' have access.

[kautuk_sahni]

Hi Kreender

I am really not sure but exactly you need to achieve, there is some communication gap.

But i would still like to help you,

Case 1:- If you would like to see web page from customer's perspective

            Then you just need to login with that particular user/group. Once you login, you would only be permitted to visit pages where you have rights [preview mode].

Case 2:- If you want to implement some kind of personalize page, which means some component would show image 1 for group 1 audience and image 2 for group 2 audience

            Then first you would need to implement personalization and later you can verify it from logging in with that particular user.

Case 3:- If your case is, to look authoring environment from different users/Group perspective,

            Then as Lokesh suggested, just login from Administrator and impersonate as 'author' or any user/group you want.

case 4:- If you want to have target content on the page and preview it,

            Then watch this :-http://www.aemcasts.com/target/episode-17.html

I hope point 3 is closer to what you want to achieve.

Thanks and Regards

Kautuk Sahni