From 273aec2321ec4731bbdb7eca762ec1b36a59118b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Rink <maximilian.rink@telekom.de>
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 10:35:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix incorrect assumption about when to run the group sync

---
 netbox/netbox/authentication.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/netbox/netbox/authentication.py b/netbox/netbox/authentication.py
index 2bd15f08e..17b9eefd6 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/authentication.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/authentication.py
@@ -153,9 +153,11 @@ class RemoteUserBackend(_RemoteUserBackend):
             except UserModel.DoesNotExist:
                 pass
         if self.user_can_authenticate(user):
-            if remote_groups:
+            if settings.REMOTE_AUTH_GROUP_SYNC_ENABLED:
                 if user is not None and not isinstance(user, AnonymousUser):
                     return self.configure_groups(user,remote_groups)
+            else:
+                return user
         else:
             return None