Changeset 1302

Timestamp:

11/20/05 10:35:44 (3 years ago)

Author:

adrian

Message:

Fixed #848 -- Made auth docs more clear on permission handling.

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/authentication.txt (modified) (3 diffs)

django/trunk/docs/authentication.txt

@@ -50 +50 @@
-    * ``is_staff`` -- Boolean. Designates whether this user can access the
-      admin site.
-account is valid.
-
-whether this user has permission
-to do anything (according to the permission system)
+can log into the
+Django admin. 
+that this user has all permissions
+without explicitly assigning them
-    * ``last_login`` -- A datetime of the user's last login. Is set to the
-      current date/time by default.
@@ -94 +94 @@
-
-    * ``has_perm(perm)`` -- Returns ``True`` if the user has the specified
-
+, where perm is in the format ``"package.codename"``
-
-    * ``has_perms(perm_list)`` -- Returns ``True`` if the user has each of the
-
+
+
-
-    * ``has_module_perms(package_name)`` -- Returns ``True`` if the user has
@@ -272 +273 @@
-
-As a shortcut, you can use the convenient ``user_passes_test`` decorator::
+
+    from django.views.decorators.auth import user_passes_test
+
+    def my_view(request):
+        # ...
+    my_view = user_passes_test(my_view, lambda u: u.has_perm('polls.can_vote'))
+
+Here's the same thing, using Python 2.4's decorator syntax::
-
-    from django.views.decorators.auth import user_passes_test