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This request to add Role-based SU security encompasses two parts:
- a role-based limitation and specification of which roles may use SuperUser (SU) access and what the limitations of SU access are based on the original user's original role, and
- allows the portal to recoginze recognize that the user is in an SU role and provide a UI mechanism (link or button) for the user to leave SU and return to their own role without having to log out and log in again.
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Preparation
- SuperUser access is required for Administration changes
- a test site with SU Tool installed (see #SU Tool Setup to set up a course)
- at least two non-SuperUser accounts in the test site (e.g., sakaiinst user or a non-SuperUser test partner)
- knowledge of 1-2 other SuperUser logins
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