docs/usage.rst
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Usage
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To use the auth backend in a Django project, add
``'cool_django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend'`` to
:setting:`AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS`m add ``cool_django_auth_ldap`` to
:setting:`INSTALLED_APPS` and run migrations.
.. code-block:: python
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ["cool_django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend"]
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
"cool_django_auth_ldap.apps.AppConfig"
...
)
:class:`~cool_django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend` should work with custom user
models, but it does assume that a database is present.
.. note::
:class:`~cool_django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend` does not inherit from
:class:`~django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend`. It is possible to use
:class:`~cool_django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend` exclusively by configuring
it to draw group membership from the LDAP server. However, if you would
like to assign permissions to individual users or add users to groups
within Django, you'll need to have both backends installed:
.. code-block:: python
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
"cool_django_auth_ldap.backend.LDAPBackend",
"django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
]