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
- 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.