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Expand Up @@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ as the value to the current URL:

http://example.com/somewhere?_switch_user=thomas

.. tip::

Instead of adding a ``_switch_user`` query string parameter, you can pass
the username in a ``HTTP_X_SWITCH_USER`` header.

To switch back to the original user, use the special ``_exit`` username:

.. code-block:: text
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If you need more control over user switching, you can use a security voter. First,
configure ``switch_user`` to check for some new, custom attribute. This can be
anything, but *cannot* start with ``ROLE_`` (to enforce that only your voter will
anything, but *cannot* start with ``ROLE_`` (to enforce that only your voter will
be called):

.. configuration-block::
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