id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
3032	AnonymousUser has no attribute is_staff/is_superuser (django.contrib.auth)	Simon Greenhill <dev@…>	Ilya Semenov	"This raises a traceback if some attempts to use is_staff/is_superuser when the user is not logged in (i.e. AnonymousUser is the class). 

People probably shouldn't be directly using these (but e.g. checking is_authenticated first, before trying to access these), however this certainly shouldn't raise an error like this.

{{{
Index: models.py
===================================================================
--- models.py   (revision 4065)
+++ models.py   (working copy)
@@ -313,3 +313,9 @@
 
     def is_authenticated(self):
         return False
+
+    def is_staff(self):
+        return False
+        
+    def is_superuser(self):
+        return False
\ No newline at end of file
}}}

This fix is trivial, but a far better solution than trying to keep these in sync. in future, would be to have an e.g. BaseUser class which is extended by both User and AnonymousUser"	defect	closed	Contrib apps	dev	normal	fixed	authentication, auth, anonymous	dev@…	Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0