Single sign on for Joomla admin and frontend

Question

Is it possible to implement single signon for Joomla 1.5 backend and frontend. I find it kind of redundant that when the admin for instance is logged in at the backend and needs

Answer 1

This joomla extension can do that. http://www.everlive.net/joomla-extensions/15-joomla-admin-from-frontend.html

Just login to frontend as an admin user. You will be logged-in automatically to backend. Further it gives you useful direct links for various backend operations like article add, edit, publish, unpublish etc. Same kind of links are available for modules and menu items.