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For those who feel, the Controller->accessRules() or RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) is too complicated or doesn't want the username(s) to be hard-coded in accessRules(), here is a very simple, easy-to-implement solution.

For some applications it can be advantageous for administration reasons to allow site administrators to login as other users. This is sometimes called user impersonation or "becoming that user".