This is in my view *after* the Authenticaion: def login(request): user = users.get_object(username__exact=request.META['REMOTE_USER'] request.session[users.SESSION_KEY] = user.id request.user = user # do something else ...
Seems to make both Django and Apache happy. Regards, Brian btw, I will fill out a Trac ticket for the modpython.py fix, just in case this thread get's lost in cyberspace.