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Diffstat (limited to 'django/contrib/auth')
| -rw-r--r-- | django/contrib/auth/middleware.py | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/middleware.py b/django/contrib/auth/middleware.py index 1cd84f1cc9..89699a7f82 100644 --- a/django/contrib/auth/middleware.py +++ b/django/contrib/auth/middleware.py @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class AuthenticationMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin): class RemoteUserMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin): """ - Middleware for utilizing Web-server-provided authentication. + Middleware for utilizing web-server-provided authentication. If request.user is not authenticated, then this middleware attempts to authenticate the username passed in the ``REMOTE_USER`` request header. @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class RemoteUserMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin): class PersistentRemoteUserMiddleware(RemoteUserMiddleware): """ - Middleware for Web-server provided authentication on logon pages. + Middleware for web-server provided authentication on logon pages. Like RemoteUserMiddleware but keeps the user authenticated even if the header (``REMOTE_USER``) is not found in the request. Useful |