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| -rw-r--r-- | pyramid/authentication.py | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/pyramid/authentication.py b/pyramid/authentication.py index 78349854b..a6c74e549 100644 --- a/pyramid/authentication.py +++ b/pyramid/authentication.py @@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ class RepozeWho1AuthenticationPolicy(CallbackAuthenticationPolicy): ``callback`` - Default: ``None``. A callback passed the :mod:`repoze.who` - identity and the :term:`request`, expected to return ``None`` - if the user represented by the identity doesn't exist or a - sequence of group identifiers (possibly empty) if the user - does exist. If ``callback`` is None, the userid will be - assumed to exist with no groups. + Default: ``None``. A callback passed the :mod:`repoze.who` identity + and the :term:`request`, expected to return ``None`` if the user + represented by the identity doesn't exist or a sequence of principal + identifiers (possibly empty) representing groups if the user does + exist. If ``callback`` is None, the userid will be assumed to exist + with no group principals. Objects of this class implement the interface described by :class:`pyramid.interfaces.IAuthenticationPolicy`. @@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ class RemoteUserAuthenticationPolicy(CallbackAuthenticationPolicy): ``callback`` Default: ``None``. A callback passed the userid and the request, - expected to return None if the userid doesn't exist or a sequence - of group identifiers (possibly empty) if the user does exist. - If ``callback`` is None, the userid will be assumed to exist with no - groups. + expected to return None if the userid doesn't exist or a sequence of + principal identifiers (possibly empty) representing groups if the + user does exist. If ``callback`` is None, the userid will be assumed + to exist with no group principals. Objects of this class implement the interface described by :class:`pyramid.interfaces.IAuthenticationPolicy`. @@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ class AuthTktAuthenticationPolicy(CallbackAuthenticationPolicy): Default: ``None``. A callback passed the userid and the request, expected to return ``None`` if the userid doesn't - exist or a sequence of group identifiers (possibly empty) if + exist or a sequence of principal identifiers (possibly empty) if the user does exist. If ``callback`` is ``None``, the userid - will be assumed to exist with no groups. Optional. + will be assumed to exist with no principals. Optional. ``cookie_name`` |