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authorMalcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>2007-10-20 05:13:56 +0000
committerMalcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>2007-10-20 05:13:56 +0000
commite172e7be57af5ecdddf7c80361eed27d4658a9cd (patch)
tree78c71cbe8de391d3be3eef91c9a91479ad90eb1d /docs
parent1a1a39738a532bf1e9ab6c603b4dc2c3ec9fd999 (diff)
Fixed #4724 -- Added support for configurable session cookie paths. Helps with
multiple Django installs under the same hostname. Thanks, frej and Graham Dumpleton. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@6545 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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-rw-r--r--docs/settings.txt22
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index 275301869e..3d7bd5a318 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ FIXTURE_DIRS
Default: ``()`` (Empty tuple)
List of locations of the fixture data files, in search order. Note that
-these paths should use Unix-style forward slashes, even on Windows. See
+these paths should use Unix-style forward slashes, even on Windows. See
`Testing Django Applications`_.
.. _Testing Django Applications: ../testing/
@@ -731,8 +731,8 @@ SERIALIZATION_MODULES
Default: Not defined.
-A dictionary of modules containing serializer definitions (provided as
-strings), keyed by a string identifier for that serialization type. For
+A dictionary of modules containing serializer definitions (provided as
+strings), keyed by a string identifier for that serialization type. For
example, to define a YAML serializer, use::
SERIALIZATION_MODULES = { 'yaml' : 'path.to.yaml_serializer' }
@@ -754,10 +754,10 @@ Default: ``django.contrib.sessions.backends.db``
Controls where Django stores session data. Valid values are:
- * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'``
- * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.file'``
+ * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.db'``
+ * ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.file'``
* ``'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'``
-
+
See the `session docs`_ for more details.
SESSION_COOKIE_AGE
@@ -784,6 +784,16 @@ Default: ``'sessionid'``
The name of the cookie to use for sessions. This can be whatever you want.
See the `session docs`_.
+SESSION_COOKIE_PATH
+-------------------
+
+Default: ``'/'``
+
+The path set on the session cookie. Should match the URL path of your Django
+installation (or be parent of that path). This is useful if you have multiple
+Django instances running under the same hostname; they can use different
+cookie paths and each instance will only see its own session cookie.
+
SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE
---------------------