diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt index 00fb881c7d..2bf31aeffd 100644 --- a/docs/faq.txt +++ b/docs/faq.txt @@ -406,6 +406,19 @@ If you're sure your username and password are correct, make sure your user account has ``is_active`` and ``is_staff`` set to True. The admin site only allows access to users with those two fields both set to True. +How do I automatically set a field's value to the user who last edited the object in the admin? +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +At this point, you can't do this. But it's an oft-requested feature, so we're +discussing how it can be implemented. The problem is we don't want to couple +the model layer with the admin layer with the request layer (to get the current +user). It's a tricky problem. + +How do I limit admin access so that objects can only be edited by the users who created them? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +See the answer to the previous question. + My "list_filter" contains a ManyToManyField, but the filter doesn't display. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------