[2.0.x] Suggested LoginView rather than @login_required as an alternative to authenticate().

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Tim Graham 2017-10-25 11:17:17 -04:00
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@ -146,9 +146,8 @@ Authenticating users
example, it's used by the
:class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware`. Unless
you are writing your own authentication system, you probably won't use
this. Rather if you are looking for a way to limit access to logged in
users, see the :func:`~django.contrib.auth.decorators.login_required`
decorator.
this. Rather if you're looking for a way to login a user, use the
:class:`~django.contrib.auth.views.LoginView`.
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