Recommendation of mod_wsgi is incompatible with apache-authentication technique described in docs

[dirk@…]

I found this documentation about authenticating in apache using Django
​http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.0//howto/apache-auth/#howto-apache-auth

However, since Django is now recommending mod_wsgi in favor of mod_python, the techniques described here no longer work (if mod_python is not installed).
I don't know enough of mod_wsgi or mod_python to have a solution – I suggest you ask Graham for this –, but at least change the docs to mention that you'll need mod_python installed instead of mod_wsgi for this to work.

[Graham Dumpleton]

See:

​http://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/AccessControlMechanisms

I believe there may be a separate Django ticket somewhere already about documenting how to do the authentication against Django when using mod_wsgi.

Do note though that that access control mechanism works in embedded mode. If you are running Django in daemon mode it would be a bit stupid to be doing it that way.

[David Fischer]

There is some crossover here between this ticket and #10809. I think the fix for that ticket should cover this ticket as well.

[Ramiro Morales]

Fixed in r13648.