self.anonymous_user = User.get_default_user(cache=True)

        # These attributes will be overriden by fill_data, below, unless the

        # requested user cannot be found and the default anonymous user is

        # not enabled.

        self.user_id = None

        self.username = None

        self.api_key = None

        self.name = ''

        self.lastname = ''

        self.email = ''

        self.admin = False

        self.inherit_default_permissions = False

        # Look up database user, if necessary.

        if user_id is not None:

            log.debug('Auth User lookup by USER ID %s' % user_id)

            dbuser = user_model.get(user_id)

        else:

            # Note: dbuser is allowed to be None.

            log.debug('Auth User lookup by database user %s', dbuser)

        is_user_loaded = self._fill_data(dbuser)

        # If user cannot be found, try falling back to anonymous.

        if not is_user_loaded:

            is_user_loaded =  self._fill_data(self.anonymous_user)

        # The anonymous user is always "logged in".

        if self.user_id == self.anonymous_user.user_id:

            self.is_authenticated = True

        if not self.username:

            self.username = 'None'

        log.debug('Auth User is now %s' % self)

    def _fill_data(self, dbuser):

        """

        Copies database fields from a `db.User` to this `AuthUser`. Does

        not copy `api_keys` and `permissions` attributes.

        Checks that `dbuser` is `active` (and not None) before copying;

        returns True on success.

        """

        if dbuser is not None and dbuser.active:

            log.debug('filling %s data', dbuser)

            for k, v in dbuser.get_dict().iteritems():

            return True

        return False

    @LazyProperty

    def permissions(self):

        return self.__get_perms(user=self, cache=False)

    @property

    def api_keys(self):

        return self._get_api_keys()

    def __get_perms(self, user, explicit=True, algo='higherwin', cache=False):

        """

        Fills user permission attribute with permissions taken from database

        works for permissions given for repositories, and for permissions that

        are granted to groups

        :param user: `AuthUser` instance

        :param explicit: In case there are permissions both for user and a group

            that user is part of, explicit flag will define if user will

            explicitly override permissions from group, if it's False it will

            make decision based on the algo

        :param algo: algorithm to decide what permission should be choose if

            it's multiple defined, eg user in two different groups. It also

            decides if explicit flag is turned off how to specify the permission

            for case when user is in a group + have defined separate permission

        """

        user_id = user.user_id

        user_is_admin = user.is_admin

        user_inherit_default_permissions = user.inherit_default_permissions

        log.debug('Getting PERMISSION tree')

        compute = conditional_cache('short_term', 'cache_desc',

                                    condition=cache, func=_cached_perms_data)

        return compute(user_id, user_is_admin,

                       user_inherit_default_permissions, explicit, algo)

    def _get_api_keys(self):

        api_keys = [self.api_key]

        for api_key in UserApiKeys.query()\

                .filter(UserApiKeys.user_id == self.user_id)\

                .filter(or_(UserApiKeys.expires == -1,

                            UserApiKeys.expires >= time.time())).all():

            api_keys.append(api_key.api_key)

        return api_keys

    @property