Automatic login to control panels

Login level required for this task: Systems or Operations

Automatic login makes it possible for you to log in to a reseller, an organization, a site, or a user control panel without having to enter a username or password. This is useful when you want to check or configure a user's settings, or if you have organization administrator privileges and you want to log in to your own user control panel account.

How automatic login works

Instructions

To log in automatically to a reseller control panel:

  1. Log in to your control panel using a Systems or Operations account.

  2. On the top navigation bar, click resellers. If you do not see this link, you are not authorized to create resellers and you cannot log in to a reseller control panel.

  3. On the resellers list, select a reseller.

  4. On the action bar, click auto login.

  5. If the auto-login reminder is turned on for your control panel, the auto login dialog box is displayed. You can turn the auto-login reminder on or off at any time. By default, it is turned on. If the auto-login reminder is turned off, the reseller control panel is displayed.

  6. If the auto-login dialog box is displayed, click OK.

You are logged in automatically to the reseller's control panel. The reseller's name The login suffix set for the reseller's domain appears in the upper left of the control panel under working as. To return to the previous control panel, click log out in the upper left.

To log in automatically to organization site control panels:

  1. Log in to your control panel using a Systems or Operations account.

  2. On the top navigation bar, click organizations. sites.

  3. On the organizations sites list, select an organization. a site.

  4. On the action bar, click auto login.

  5. If the auto-login reminder is turned on for your control panel, the auto login dialog box is displayed. You can turn the auto-login reminder on or off at any time. By default, it is turned on.

    If the auto-login reminder is turned off, the organization control panel is displayed.

  6. If the auto-login dialog box is displayed, click OK.

You are logged in automatically to the organization's site's control panel. The organization's name login suffix of the site appears in the upper left of the control panel under working as. To return to the previous control panel, click log out in the upper left.

To log in automatically to a user control panel:

  1. Log in to the organization site control panel. You can do this by logging in to the organization site automatically.

  2. On the top navigation bar, click users.

  3. On the users list, select a user.

  4. On the action bar above the list, click auto login.

  5. If the auto-login reminder is turned on for your control panel, the auto login dialog box is displayed. You can turn the auto-login reminder on or off at any time. By default, it is turned on.

    If the auto-login reminder is turned off, the user control panel is displayed.

  6. If the auto-login dialog box is displayed, click OK.

You are logged in automatically to the user's control panel. The user's name appears in the upper left of the control panel under logged in as. To return to the previous control panel, click log out in the upper left.