Changes between Version 87 and Version 88 of RemovingTheMagic

Timestamp:

Mar 6, 2006, 4:40:14 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

jkocherhans

Comment:

updated docs for request.user

RemovingTheMagic

@@ -637 +637 @@
 New behavior: Any exception that has a {{{silent_variable_failure}}} attribute fails silently in the template system. {{{django.core.template.SilentVariableFailure}}} no longer exists.
 
-=== Request.user is now set via middleware ===
-
-It used to be set in the mod_python and wsgi handlers. You will need to add "django.contrib.auth.middleware.RequestUserMiddleware" somewhere '''after''' "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware" in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES in your settings.py file. Otherwise authentication won't work.
+=== request.user is now set via middleware ===
+
+It used to be set in the mod_python and wsgi handlers. You will need to add {{{"django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware"}}} somewhere '''after''' {{{"django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware"}}} in {{{MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES}}} in your settings.py file. Otherwise accessing {{{request.user}}} will raise an {{{AttributeError}}}.