Impersonation won't give you all the permissions set of the impersonated User
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Viktória Gyömbér
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Issue
- If User A impersonates User B than User A might not be able to perform the same actions as User B was originally able to. For example, downloading certain documents or checking the previews.
- For Example, if User that is not an admin impersonates an admin user that does not mean that the user will get admin permissions.
Resolution
- With impersonation, you act as the other user (you are impersonating) with the permission set of that user.
- The user doing the impersonation does not become an admin and as such, this user does not have the permissions to access other users' private data.
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