sudo.java

import omero.api.IAdminPrx;
import omero.api.ISessionPrx;
import omero.api.ServiceFactoryPrx;
import omero.model.Session;
import omero.sys.Principal;

public class sudo {

    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {

        omero.client client = new omero.client(args);
        omero.client sudoClient = new omero.client(args);
	try {
            ServiceFactoryPrx sf = client.createSession("root", "ome");
            ISessionPrx sessionSvc = sf.getSessionService();

            Principal p = new Principal();
            p.name = "root"; // Can change to any user
            p.group = "user";
            p.eventType = "User";

            Session sudoSession = sessionSvc.createSessionWithTimeout( p, 3*60*1000L ); // 3 minutes to live

            ServiceFactoryPrx sudoSf = sudoClient.joinSession( sudoSession.getUuid().getValue() );
            IAdminPrx sudoAdminSvc = sudoSf.getAdminService();
            System.out.println( sudoAdminSvc.getEventContext().userName );
	} finally {
            sudoClient.closeSession();
            client.closeSession();
	}
    }

}