Re: Authentication system : should I use contrib.auth or reinvent the wheel?

> - in contrib.auth.views, the login sends no error for authentication
> failures, and sends the page again silently.

My mistake: the form.errors contains the authentication error.

On Mar 19, 1:46 pm, Peyman <peyman.goh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>   I need an authentication system for my website; quite a common need
> today, isn't it?
>   I have decided to figure out if I can use django.contrib.auth. I
> have the following problems :
>
> 1. start a new project, and just do the minimum:
> *in settings:
>  - a database
>  - a template path
>  - the django.contrib.admin app
> *then syncdb
> *in urls: uncomment the admin urls
> *add in your template folder, the file requested by the view
> password_change in contrib.auth.views :
>  - registration/password_change_form.html
>  - this file contains a simple text
>
> Problem : trying to access http://<your.site>/admin/password_change
> will render -- after login -- your template in registration/
> password_change_form.html instead of the admin one. I can't find out
> why.
>
> 2. strange things in code :
>  - in contrib.auth there is a UserCreationForm provided, but there
> seems to be no view for it or for any signup page.
>  - in contrib.auth.views, the login sends no error for authentication
> failures, and sends the page again silently.
>
> I hope I am wrong in all this, due to the fact that I am a new django
> user. Your help is welcome.
> Also : instead of contrib.auth, what is generally used for
> authenticating users?
>
> Thanks
> -- Peyman

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