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Authentication backends¶
This document details the authentication backends that come with Django. For information on how to use them and how to write your own authentication backends, see the Other authentication sources section of the User authentication guide.
Available authentication backends¶
The following backends are available in django.contrib.auth.backends:
- class ModelBackend¶
- This is the default authentication backend used by Django. It authenticates using usernames and passwords stored in the User model.
- class RemoteUserBackend¶
- New in Django 1.1: Please, see the release notes
Use this backend to take advantage of external-to-Django-handled authentication. It authenticates using usernames passed in request.META['REMOTE_USER']. See the Authenticating against REMOTE_USER documentation.
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