On Jul 18, 9:08 am, Jonathan Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LaundroMat wrote: > > Hi, > > > When running this, I get a "NoneType has no attribute > > is_authenticated()" error, and I cannot understand why: > > > 1 new_user = User.objects.create_user(username, "your.email", > > password) > > 2 new_user.is_active = False > > 3 new_user.save() > > 4 user = authenticate(username = new_user.username, password = > > new_user.password) # Seehttp://code.djangoproject.org/ticket/2656 > > 5 if user.is_authenticated(): # The error is produced here. > > login(request, user) > > > Why does authenticate() in line 4 return a None object instead of a > > user? > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Mathieu > > "If the password is invalid, authenticate() returns None" [1] > > The password field in the User model contains "...a hash of, and > metadata about, the password. (Django doesn't store the raw password.)" [2] > > So authenticate is returning None because you're trying to login with a > hashed version of the password, not the raw version. Try this instead: > > user = authenticate(username=username, password=password) > > Look at the second code example under [1] for an example of how to do this. > > Jonathan. > > [1]http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/#how-to-log... > > [2]http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/#fields Thanks! I should have come up with this myself, but I guess the coffee hadn't kicked in yet. Many thanks for the quick and informative reply. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
