why site admin can't login as another user?
Asked by Nicolas Andika:

Dear all,

I am having a role as site admin, but i cannot use the feature to login as another user, even though the user i want login is not site admin, just a regular user, where can i check the permission?

Thankyou


Answers:
author: John Funk
body: Hi Nicolas,

Are you using managed users? Can you log in as any other user?

comments: author: Nicolas Andika
body: HI [@John Funk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7148)

may i know first what is managed users?


author: John Funk
body: Click on Settings \> User Management.

Does what you see look like this?

![Screenshot.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333462i507A7710D29C85C7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot.png")

And if so, and you click on Managed accounts link, do you get a list of users? If so, you are using Managed accounts/users


author: Nicolas Andika
body: no, im not a managed users then


author: John Funk
body: So, what steps are you actually doing?


author: Nicolas Andika
body: ![Screenshot 2024-07-04 at 15.27.37.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333464i967C05145D56C28A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-07-04 at 15.27.37.png")

i have this 3 option when i click user, all user are shown, and when i click managed accounts, it's locked


author: John Funk
body: Okay, so go to the Users. Then search for the user you want and click on them to bring them up.

Then under the product access, click the 3 dots to the right of the product you want to login as. Do you see Log in as user there?


author: Nicolas Andika
body: yeah i see lo in as user, but it's locked ![Screenshot 2024-07-04 at 15.59.15.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/333469iD1A637FDB068F92B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2024-07-04 at 15.59.15.png")


author: John Funk
body: If they are not an Org Admin or have User Access Admin permissions and you are an Org Admin, then I would open a support ticket with Atlassian to find out what is up.

Please post back here with the resolution.

<https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/>


author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@John Funk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7148)

Yes, the user that i want to try to log in as user is not a Org Admin or have user access admin permissions


author: John Funk
body: Are YOU an Org Admin? You must be an Org Admin to be able to log in as a user. Not just be a Site Admin.


author: Nicolas Andika
body: i am not a org admin, i am just only site admin


author: John Funk
body: That is your problem then.


author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@John Funk](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7148)

Thanks for the guidance, it helped me a lot for configuring what's happen


author: John Funk
body: Great! Glad I could help.


author: Dani?l
body: If you follow this instruction...

<https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/log-in-as-another-user/>

it still isn't working for you?

comments: author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@Dani?l](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1375055)

i already look at the article and already tried it but the button is locked


author: Dani?l
body: 1. Does this happen with only one user or all users?
2. Is the org admin able to "login as user"

So according to the article, since you are a site admin, you need to follow the steps as mentioned beneath heading 'Original user management content'.

You are certain none of the mentioned limitis apply:

* You can't use this feature to:
  * log in as a user who has the same role as you or higher (meaning, if you're an site admin, you can't log in as another site admin)log in as an invited user who hasn't accessed your site yet
  * log in to your own user account to access a product
  * log in to Jira Service Management portal-only customer accounts


author: Dani?l
body: I also came accross this community question:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Unable-to-Log-In-As-User/qaq-p/2698364>

**See this comment** - <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Re-Re-Unable-to-Log-In-As-User/qaq-p/2728330/comment-id/315780#M315780>


author: Nicolas Andika
body: Hi [@Dani?l](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1375055)

Thanks for the reference, appreciate that a lot


author: Dani?l
body: Your welcome!


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