Can't help you much with this, but according to the docs (http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/#methods), "is_authenticated() -- Always returns True" for User model and it returns False for AnonymousUser model.
Regards, Aidas Bendoraitis [aka Archatas] On 3/6/07, sandro.dentella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > How can I authenticate in a shell? I'm playing with Managers to meke > them behave different according to the permission of the user, but I > don't know how to play with the shell as authenticated user. > > Really what happens is that if I test a user that results > authenticated and I dont' understand why: > > from django.utils._threading_local import local > from django.contrib.auth.models import User > u = User.objects.filter(username='sandro')[0] > print "user %s is authenticated: %s" % (u,u.is_authenticated()) > >>> user sandro is authenticated: True > > On the other side inside the manager I use middleware trick > http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookThreadlocalsAndUser to get > the user: it works perfectly from the browser but fails to get the > user from the shell even if I write: > > _thread_locals = local() > _thread_locals.user = u > > Any hint to understand this behaviour? > > Thanks > sandro > *:-) > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
