On Oct 23, 4:16 pm, Ralph <ttx...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I am using Django 1.1 with Python 2.6.1 and have a problem with
> testing
> views that require a login. I was hoping someone could enlighten me
> were
> it all goes wrong....
>
> in the setup function of a unit test i am adding a user and create a
> test client
>
> User.objects.create(username='myuser', password='mypassword')
> self.client = Client()
>
> but get an AssertionError when i do this
> self.assertEquals(self.client.login
> (username='myuser',password='mypassword'), True)
> as the login fails.
>
> The User class in django.auth.models in
> the check_password method returns False. In line 182
>
> is_correct = (self.password == get_hexdigest('md5', '', raw_password))
>
> self.password is at this stage "mypassword" and will be
> compared to a hexdigest so that the comparison will return False.
> Authentification
> works fine outside the tests. Is there anything in the settings
> that I need to adjust to get this to work? Thanks
Look at the documentation for authentication - don't use
User.objects.create() but User.objects.create_user(), as this takes
care of hashing the password.
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