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Ticket #9683 (closed: fixed)

Opened 1 year ago

Last modified 1 year ago

Authentication backends documentation doesn't mention that backends are stored in Sessions.

Reported by: kyle.fox@gmail.com Assigned to: jacob
Milestone: 1.1 Component: Documentation
Version: 1.0 Keywords:
Cc: Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 Patch needs improvement: 0

Description

The Authentication Backends docs don't mention that when a User is successfully authenticated, the path to the backend that authenticated them is stored in a Session variable.

Problems can occur when you change settings.py from one custom backend to another backend. Django attempts to import the backend specified by the path in the session, so when a request comes from a User who has already authenticated through the previous backend an exception is raised.

A simple fix for this is Session.objects.all().delete(). However it should be noted that even after updating the AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS setting, your application may still contain references to the old setting.

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02/25/09 13:51:44 changed by

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Milestone post-1.0 deleted

02/26/09 17:37:45 changed by jacob

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  • stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted.
  • needs_tests changed.
  • milestone set to 1.1.

04/02/09 13:44:27 changed by jacob

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04/03/09 13:30:55 changed by jacob

  • status changed from assigned to closed.
  • resolution set to fixed.

(In [10371]) Fixed a whole bunch of small docs typos, errors, and ommissions.

Fixes #8358, #8396, #8724, #9043, #9128, #9247, #9267, #9267, #9375, #9409, #9414, #9416, #9446, #9454, #9464, #9503, #9518, #9533, #9657, #9658, #9683, #9733, #9771, #9835, #9836, #9837, #9897, #9906, #9912, #9945, #9986, #9992, #10055, #10084, #10091, #10145, #10245, #10257, #10309, #10358, #10359, #10424, #10426, #10508, #10531, #10551, #10635, #10637, #10656, #10658, #10690, #10699, #19528.

Thanks to all the respective authors of those tickets.

Add/Change #9683 (Authentication backends documentation doesn't mention that backends are stored in Sessions.)




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