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diff --git a/docs/howto/auth-remote-user.txt b/docs/howto/auth-remote-user.txt index 66c35943ba..20bd84d055 100644 --- a/docs/howto/auth-remote-user.txt +++ b/docs/howto/auth-remote-user.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ How to authenticate using ``REMOTE_USER`` ========================================= This document describes how to make use of external authentication sources -(where the Web server sets the ``REMOTE_USER`` environment variable) in your +(where the web server sets the ``REMOTE_USER`` environment variable) in your Django applications. This type of authentication solution is typically seen on intranet sites, with single sign-on solutions such as IIS and Integrated Windows Authentication or Apache and `mod_authnz_ldap`_, `CAS`_, `Cosign`_, @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Windows Authentication or Apache and `mod_authnz_ldap`_, `CAS`_, `Cosign`_, .. _WebAuth: https://uit.stanford.edu/service/authentication .. _mod_auth_sspi: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mod-auth-sspi -When the Web server takes care of authentication it typically sets the +When the web server takes care of authentication it typically sets the ``REMOTE_USER`` environment variable for use in the underlying application. In Django, ``REMOTE_USER`` is made available in the :attr:`request.META <django.http.HttpRequest.META>` attribute. Django can be configured to make |