On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 1:36 PM, jeff <jwils2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK, I know I'm missing something obvious here in my basic "Reset > Password for Forgetful User" form: > > email = form.cleaned_data.get( 'email' ) > username = form.cleaned_data.get( 'username' ) > new_password = User.objects.make_random_password( length=6 ) > u = User.objects.get( username__exact=username ) > u.set_password( new_password ) > u.save > if not u.check_password( new_password ): > print 'PASSWORD CHECK FAILS for ' + u.username > u2 = auth.authenticate(username=username, password=new_password) > if u2 is None: > print 'AUTHENTICATE FAILS! ' > > When I run this and then try to login with the username and new > password, it fails. Adding the print statements, I find that > check_password() works correctly, but authenticate() fails. > > Thanks for any help. > > Jeff > > > > You aren't actually calling the save method on user. save is a method so you need to call it: user.save().
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