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diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt index e813f78e11..9aa581cf13 100644 --- a/docs/authentication.txt +++ b/docs/authentication.txt @@ -282,6 +282,21 @@ As a shortcut, you can use the convenient ``user_passes_test`` decorator:: Note that ``user_passes_test`` does not automatically check that the ``User`` is not anonymous. +Limiting access to generic views +-------------------------------- + +To limit access to a `generic view`_, write a thin wrapper around the view, +and point your URLconf to your wrapper instead of the generic view itself. +For example:: + + from django.views.generic.date_based import object_detail + + @login_required + def limited_object_detail(*args, **kwargs): + return object_detail(*args, **kwargs) + +.. _generic view: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/generic_views/ + Permissions =========== |