See the example provided for login(), here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/default/#django.contrib.auth.login
It seems to assume that the USERNAME_FIELD is 'username' - ie, that no custom User model is in place. I propose adding language here to make it clear that 'username' is actually USERNAME_FIELD. Without objection, I'm happy to make the Pull Request. Thoughts? -- Justin Holmes Chief Chocobo Breeder, slashRoot slashRoot: Coffee House and Tech Dojo New Paltz, NY 12561 845.633.8330 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAMGywB5F7dELNDvVkyHrM4U4nW%3DZh%3DyvgD8B%3DAow7NZQB1Ka-Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
