#17430: Clearly document the permissions model for the Django admin interface
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Reporter: ncoghlan@… | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 1.3
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by kmtracey):
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Comment:
Could you say a bit more about where you looked and found docs lacking?
This bit: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#writing-an-
authentication-backend does mention that "The Django admin system is
tightly coupled to the Django User object described at the beginning of
this document. For now, the best way to deal with this is to create a
Django User object for each user that exists for your backend (e.g., in
your LDAP directory, your external SQL database, etc.)" implying to use
admin with a custom auth backend you still do want to be using standard
django.contrib.auth Usesr objects, with all their attributes.
The descriptions for is_staff, is_active, is_superuser
(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#django.contrib.auth.models.User.is_staff)
all mention how admin uses them.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#permissions describes
how admin uses permissions to control how much access a user has to
individual models in the admin site.
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