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multi-auth: Small formatting changes to docs/authentication.txt

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@ -659,13 +659,14 @@ Regardless, ``authenticate`` should check the credentials it gets, and if they
are valid, it should return a user object that matches those credentials. are valid, it should return a user object that matches those credentials.
The Django admin system is tightly coupled to the Django User object described The Django admin system is tightly coupled to the Django User object described
at the beginning of this document. For now, the best way to deal with this is to at the beginning of this document. For now, the best way to deal with this is
create a Django User object for each user that exists for your backend (i.e. to create a Django User object for each user that exists for your backend
in your ldap directory, your external sql database, etc.) You can either (i.e. in your ldap directory, your external sql database, etc.) You can either
write a script to do this in advance, or your ``authenticate`` method can do write a script to do this in advance, or your ``authenticate`` method can do
it the first time a user logs in. `django.contrib.auth.backends.SettingsBackend`_ it the first time a user logs in.
is an example of the latter approach. Note that you don't have to save a user's `django.contrib.auth.backends.SettingsBackend`_ is an example of the latter
password in the Django User object. Your backend can still check the password approach. Note that you don't have to save a user's password in the Django
against an external source, and return a Django User object. User object. Your backend can still check the password against an external
source, and return a Django User object.
.. _django.contrib.auth.backends.SettingsBackend: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/branches/magic-removal/django/contrib/auth/backends.py .. _django.contrib.auth.backends.SettingsBackend: http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/branches/magic-removal/django/contrib/auth/backends.py