I'd like to use auth with only a username instead of first and last name. I defined my own tables without a first and last name but it still causes issues throughout the app.
For instance, when I try to use appadmin to add a user to a new auth group I get an error (<type 'exceptions.KeyError'> 'first_name') if there is no first and last name fields in the database. If I create them but make them unreadable and unwritable the page will load but all of the entries in the User ID dropdown say "None None (user ID #)". The auth Welcome bar is also fixed to the first name field and if not used it will says Welcome, None. This seems like quite a huge oversight for such a robust auth system. Usernames are far more common for user management than first and last names and many people just plain refuse to give their real names to random web sites that require authentication. Is there a modded version of auth perhaps that can be used as a plugin? Excuse me if that sounds stupid, I'm just started out with this and could very well just be going about this all wrong.
