`authenticate()` is actually more general than that - it takes **kwargs depending on the auth backend. Might want to make things clearer in the docs for that though.
Marc On 30 July 2014 16:15, Justin Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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/CAMwjO1GZBweUKqhUjUChbbZZP1AbfRSUuvL6mCE8b%3DDU1c3qPA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
