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Testing user security

Administrators may need to log into Axiom Software as other users, in order to test security permissions. For example, you may define a table access filter for a particular security role, and then you want to log in as a non-admin user who belongs to that role to ensure that it is providing access to table data as intended.

The Security Management dialog provides a means for administrators to "log in as" another user, for the purposes of testing their security settings.

To log in as a different user:

  1. On the Axiom tab, in the Administration group, click Manage > Security > Security Manager.

    NOTE: If you are using an Axiom packaged product, you can access this feature from the Admin tab. In the System Management group, click Security > Security Manager.

  2. In the Security Management dialog, select the user whom you want to log in as.
  3. In the lower left-hand corner, click Log in as selected user.

A new instance of Axiom Software is launched, and you are automatically logged in as the selected user—you do not need to input a user name and password. The client version for the instance is whichever client version you are currently using (Excel Client or Windows Client).

NOTE: Subsystem administrators and users with the Administer Security permission also have limited access to this feature. These users cannot log in as any user who is a system administrator.