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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/auth.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/auth.txt b/docs/topics/auth.txt index 40243cca8c..6a62be8c32 100644 --- a/docs/topics/auth.txt +++ b/docs/topics/auth.txt @@ -212,14 +212,15 @@ Methods .. method:: models.User.has_perm(perm) Returns ``True`` if the user has the specified permission, where perm is - in the format ``"<application name>.<lowercased model name>"``. If the - user is inactive, this method will always return ``False``. + in the format ``"<app label>.<permission codename>"``. + If the user is inactive, this method will always return ``False``. .. method:: models.User.has_perms(perm_list) Returns ``True`` if the user has each of the specified permissions, - where each perm is in the format ``"package.codename"``. If the user is - inactive, this method will always return ``False``. + where each perm is in the format + ``"<app label>.<permission codename>"``. If the user is inactive, + this method will always return ``False``. .. method:: models.User.has_module_perms(package_name) @@ -1062,8 +1063,8 @@ The permission_required decorator my_view = permission_required('polls.can_vote')(my_view) As for the :meth:`User.has_perm` method, permission names take the form - ``"<application name>.<lowercased model name>"`` (i.e. ``polls.choice`` for - a ``Choice`` model in the ``polls`` application). + ``"<app label>.<permission codename>"`` (i.e. ``polls.can_vote`` for a + permission on a model in the ``polls`` application). Note that :func:`~django.contrib.auth.decorators.permission_required()` also takes an optional ``login_url`` parameter. Example:: |