Hello, I am using a custom auth backend and everything displays properly, 
except I cannot login with the credentials in my model. I have spent 5 
hours on this and cannot figure it out. Please help.

views.py

class MyLogin(LoginView):
template_name = 'employees/login.html'
form_class = LoginForm


def form_valid(self, form):
user = form.get_user()
employee = Emp.objects.get(email=user)
if employee.is_active:
EmpBackend.authenticate(self.request, username=user, password=form.password)

return HttpResponseRedirect(self.get_success_url())

backends.py

from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend
from .models import Emp


class EmpBackend(ModelBackend):
def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs):
try:
user = Emp.objects.get(email=username)
if user.check_password(password):
return user
except Emp.DoesNotExist:
return None

return None

def get_user(self, user_id):
try:
return Emp.objects.get(pk=user_id)
except Emp.DoesNotExist:
return None

models.py

class Emp(AbstractBaseUser):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None)
email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, default=None, unique=True)
username = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True)
phone = models.CharField(max_length=20, default=None, null=True, blank=True)
password = models.CharField(max_length=100)
address1 = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True, 
blank=True)
address2 = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True, 
blank=True)
city = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True, blank=True)
state = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True, 
blank=True)
zip = models.CharField(max_length=10, default=None, null=True, blank=True)
position = models.CharField(max_length=50, default=None)
date_hired = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
date_updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
date_terminated = models.DateTimeField(default=None, null=True, blank=True)
is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
status = models.SmallIntegerField(default=0)
emp_is_salary = models.BooleanField(default=False)
emp_pto_rate = models.DecimalField(max_digits=8, decimal_places=4, 
default=0.0)
emp_user_level = models.SmallIntegerField(default=1)
emerg_contact1 = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True, 
blank=True)
emerg_contact1_phone = models.CharField(max_length=20, default=None, 
null=True, blank=True)
emerg_contact1_address = models.CharField(max_length=200, default=None, 
null=True, blank=True)
emerg_contact1_city_st = models.CharField(max_length=200, default=None, 
null=True, blank=True)
emerg_contact2 = models.CharField(max_length=100, default=None, null=True, 
blank=True)
emerg_contact2_phone = models.CharField(max_length=20, default=None, 
null=True, blank=True)
emerg_contact2_address = models.CharField(max_length=200, default=None, 
null=True, blank=True)
emerg_contact2_city_st = models.CharField(max_length=200, default=None, 
null=True, blank=True)
emp_note = models.TextField(default=None, null=True, blank=True)
emp_hourly_rate = models.DecimalField(max_digits=8, decimal_places=4, 
default=0.0)
emp_net_pto = models.DecimalField(max_digits=8, decimal_places=4, 
default=0.0)
emp_pto_prev = models.DecimalField(max_digits=8, decimal_places=4, 
default=0.0)
emp_image = models.ImageField(upload_to='profile-pics/', 
default='profile-pics/default.png', null=True, blank=True)
last_login = models.DateTimeField(default=None, null=True)
is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=True, blank=True)
date_joined = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, blank=True)
is_superuser = models.BooleanField(default=False, blank=True)

USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
REQUIRED_FIELDS = []

def get_full_name(self):
return f'{self.first_name} {self.last_name}'

def get_email(self):
return self.email

def __str__(self):
return self.email

def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
return True

def has_module_perms(self, app_label):
return True

@property
def is_staff(self):
return self.staff

@property
def is_admin(self):
return self.admin

def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(Emp, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

img = Image.open(self.emp_image.path)

if img.height > 300 or img.width > 300:
output_size = (300, 300)
img.thumbnail(output_size)
img.save(self.emp_image.image)

self.last_login = timezone.utc

def get_absolute_url(self):
return reverse('employees:emp-detail', args=[self.id])

objects = UserManager()

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