AttributeError: "User" object does not have "check_password" error in Django?
I have a custom model that I am trying to authenticate with:
class User(models.Model):
#id = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)
#identifier = models.CharField(max_length=40, unique=True, db_index=True)
username = models.CharField(max_length=90, unique=True, db_index=True)
create_time = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
update_time = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
email = models.CharField(max_length=225)
password = models.CharField(max_length=120)
external = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
deleted = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
purged = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
form_values_id = models.IntegerField(null=True, blank=True)
disk_usage = models.DecimalField(null=True, max_digits=16, decimal_places=0, blank=True)
#last_login = models.DateTimeField()
objects = UserManager()
USERNAME_FIELD = 'username'
#check_password(password)
class Meta:
db_table = u'galaxy_user'
I mentioned this in the settings.
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'fileupload.user'
#views.py
def login_backend(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
username = request.POST['username']
password = request.POST['password']
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return HttpResponseRedirect('/overview/')
else:
return HttpResponseRedirect('/login_backend/')
else:
return render_to_response('login_backend.html', context_instance=RequestContext(request))
However, I am getting this error:
AttributeError: 'User' object has no attribute 'check_password' error
What am I doing wrong?
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As described in the user documentation , your user model must inherit from django.contrib.auth.models.AbstractBaseUser
, which adds all the appropriate methods.
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The documentation for Django 1.5 (which is the first with AUTH_USER_MODEL) shows the method that an alternate user model should have, and one of them is check_password. So IMO, you have two ways to solve your problem.
- Replace the user model correctly by providing all the required methods.
- Forget about replacing the user model and just write a custom AUTH BACKEND without including "AUTH_USER_MODEL"
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Get Django 1.5 RC . And follow these instructions about creating a custom user class.
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