From 77531695850befad4dda7f9a0ce9e78b131ab5e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Plant <L.Plant.98@cantab.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 05:47:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [4.0.x] Avoided suggestion of plain text database password in
 sessions topic.

Backport of ccafad2e429468c518c80fb178f9e7a3f06e78e1 from main
---
 docs/topics/http/sessions.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
index 9c662b87b5..34dabdd536 100644
--- a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ This simplistic view logs in a "member" of the site::
 
     def login(request):
         m = Member.objects.get(username=request.POST['username'])
-        if m.password == request.POST['password']:
+        if m.check_password(request.POST['password']):
             request.session['member_id'] = m.id
             return HttpResponse("You're logged in.")
         else: