Thanks Peter that is exactly what I was looking for. On Mar 25, 5:12 pm, Peter Bengtsson <pete...@gmail.com> wrote: > If what you want to achieve is to log in a user programmatically you > don't do that by authenticating by username and password. > Example: > > def login_by_id(request): > > user = FacebookUser.objects.get(...).user > > from django.contrib.auth import load_backend, login > for backend in settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS: > if user == load_backend(backend).get_user(user.pk): > user.backend = backend > if hasattr(user, 'backend'): > login(request, user) > > On 25 Mar, 18:27, CrabbyPete <pete.do...@gmail.com> wrote:> I am connecting > facebook to an app I have running. In order not to > > change a load of code I created a dummy account when someone logs in > > through facebook. My only problem is I want to authenticate with this > > account when they log Is there a way to login in a user using the > > encrypted password. I am using pyfacebook and FacebookUser is the > > following model > > > class FacebookUser(models.Model): > > user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique = True) > > fb_uid = models.CharField( max_length=100, blank = True, > > unique = True) > > > def __unicode__(self): > > if self.user.username == u'': > > return str(self.pk) > > return self.user.username > > > the fb_uid is the Facebook id I get back. Here is my view when I get > > called from facebook > > > fb = request.facebook > > try: > > fid = FacebookUser.objects.get(Q(fb_uid = fb.uid)) > > except FacebookUser.DoesNotExist: > > return ... > > > name = fid.user > > pswd = fid.user.password > > user = auth.authenticate(username=name, password=pswd) > > if user is not None and user.is_active: > > auth.login(request, user) > > > pswd is an encrypted password. Is there a way for me to authenticate > > with it?
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