> A custom authentication backend isn't required; the ModelBackend should adapt to any well-defined User model.
Thanks Russ, I hadn't realized the ModelBackend tied in nicely with those changes. > Have you tried changing USERNAME_FIELD to 'email'? +1, looks like that's the OP's issue. On Sunday, 16 December 2012 01:12:14 UTC, Quartic wrote: > > On 15/12/12 11:18, sebastie...@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote: > > Hi, i've an authenticate problem with Django 1.5 > > All informations are > > herehttp:// > stackoverflow.com/questions/13883539/authenticate-with-django-1-5 > > but i'll resume the situation : > > > > I've a custum user model which looks like : > > > > class User(AbstractBaseUser): > > email = models.EmailField(unique=True) > > activation_key = models.CharField(max_length=255) > > is_active = models.BooleanField(default=False) > > is_admin = models.BooleanField(default=False) > > > > objects = UserManager() > > > > USERNAME_FIELD = 'username' > > > <snip> > > > > > > The probleme is that user = authenticate(username=email, > > password=password) gives me None as return. > > According to the doc, authenticate takes an usersname, not an email as > > arg. But how can i use authenticate because my User model desn't support > > Username. > > Is there a solution with Django 1.5 ? > > > > Have you tried changing USERNAME_FIELD to 'email'? > > Ian > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/kz4lo-mJWMUJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
