Django, can't log in after creating user

Question

I created user in the Django shell and tried to authenticate it, but can\'t. That returns NoneType. Also, I check that is_superuser, is_stuff, is_active is True

Answer 1

You should have used the create_user method, so that the password was hashed correctly:

User.objects.create_user(username='user', password='password', email='someemail')

If you want the user to be able to access the Django admin, set is_staff=True as well:

User.objects.create_user(username='user', password='password', email='someemail', is_staff=True)

You can fix the password for the existing user in the Django shell with set_password:

user = User.objects.get(username='user')
user.set_password('password')
user.is_staff = True  # allow user to log in to Django admin
user.save()