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diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt index 589e8c9f1b..7860b59d7d 100644 --- a/docs/authentication.txt +++ b/docs/authentication.txt @@ -436,7 +436,10 @@ template context variables: * ``next``: The URL to redirect to after successful login. This may contain a query string, too. * ``site_name``: The name of the current ``Site``, according to the - ``SITE_ID`` setting. See the `site framework docs`_. + ``SITE_ID`` setting. If you're using the Django development version and + you don't have the site framework installed, this will be set to the + value of ``request.META['SERVER_NAME']``. For more on sites, see the + `site framework docs`_. If you'd prefer not to call the template ``registration/login.html``, you can pass the ``template_name`` parameter via the extra arguments to the view in @@ -675,8 +678,6 @@ Example in Python 2.4 syntax:: The permission_required decorator ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -**New in Django development version** - It's a relatively common task to check whether a user has a particular permission. For that reason, Django provides a shortcut for that case: the ``permission_required()`` decorator. Using this decorator, the earlier example |