Welcome to django-sudo
¶
django-sudo
is an implementation of GitHub’s Sudo Mode for Django.
What is this for?¶
django-sudo
provides an extra layer of security for after a user is already logged in. Views can
be decorated with @sudo_required
, and then a user
must re-enter their password to view that page. After verifying their password, that user has
elevated permissions for the duration of SUDO_COOKIE_AGE
. This duration is independent of the
normal session duration allowing short elevated permission durations, but retain long user sessions.
Installation¶
$ pip install django-sudo
Compatibility¶
- Django 1.4-1.9
- Python 2.6-3.5
- pypy