[1.9.x] Fixed #25744 -- Corrected reference to User object in auth docs.
Backport of ce4914eab4
from master
This commit is contained in:
parent
672de44e24
commit
0ec328509c
|
@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ Either way, ``authenticate`` should check the credentials it gets, and it
|
|||
should return a ``User`` object that matches those credentials, if the
|
||||
credentials are valid. If they're not valid, it should return ``None``.
|
||||
|
||||
The Django admin system is tightly coupled to the Django ``User`` object
|
||||
described at the beginning of this document. For now, the best way to deal with
|
||||
this is to create a Django ``User`` object for each user that exists for your
|
||||
backend (e.g., in your LDAP directory, your external SQL database, etc.) You
|
||||
can either write a script to do this in advance, or your ``authenticate``
|
||||
method can do it the first time a user logs in.
|
||||
The Django admin is tightly coupled to the Django :ref:`User object
|
||||
<user-objects>`. The best way to deal with this is to create a Django ``User``
|
||||
object for each user that exists for your backend (e.g., in your LDAP
|
||||
directory, your external SQL database, etc.) You can either write a script to
|
||||
do this in advance, or your ``authenticate`` method can do it the first time a
|
||||
user logs in.
|
||||
|
||||
Here's an example backend that authenticates against a username and password
|
||||
variable defined in your ``settings.py`` file and creates a Django ``User``
|
||||
|
|
Loading…
Reference in New Issue