[1.7.x] Added RemoteUserMiddleware to middleware reference page.

Backport of 465980d070 from master
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Tim Graham 2014-04-16 07:22:15 -04:00
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@ -27,19 +27,17 @@ use of the ``REMOTE_USER`` value using the ``RemoteUserMiddleware`` and
Configuration
=============
.. class:: django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware
First, you must add the
:class:`django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware` to the
:setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` setting **after** the
:class:`django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware`::
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
...
'...',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.RemoteUserMiddleware',
...
)
'...',
)
Next, you must replace the :class:`~django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend`
with ``RemoteUserBackend`` in the :setting:`AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS` setting::

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@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ Adds the ``user`` attribute, representing the currently-logged-in user, to
every incoming ``HttpRequest`` object. See :ref:`Authentication in Web requests
<auth-web-requests>`.
.. class:: RemoteUserMiddleware
Middleware for utilizing Web server provided authentication. See
:doc:`/howto/auth-remote-user` for usage details.
.. class:: SessionAuthenticationMiddleware
.. versionadded:: 1.7