From 8a505e3b660289ab5a00280c0b0bcb79e86a7d2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:31:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Specify backend for auto-login

---
 src/paperless/auth.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/paperless/auth.py b/src/paperless/auth.py
index 368d3e47b..ec853743e 100644
--- a/src/paperless/auth.py
+++ b/src/paperless/auth.py
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ class AutoLoginMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
     def process_request(self, request):
         try:
             request.user = User.objects.get(username=settings.AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME)
-            auth.login(request, request.user)
+            auth.login(
+                request=request,
+                user=request.user,
+                backend="django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
+            )
         except User.DoesNotExist:
             pass