I have a view function I am using for logging in people. When I am deploying it to Apache/Mod_python, I am unable to login, but If I am running it on the development server, I am able to login. Any pointers?
(I am not using the builtin login, as I want to use newforms.) The view function is, def login(request, template_name='registration/login.html', redirect_field_name=REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME): """Displays the login form and handles the login action.""" redirect_to = request.REQUEST.get(redirect_field_name, '') if Site._meta.installed: current_site = Site.objects.get_current() else: current_site = RequestSite(request) if request.method == 'POST': login_form = forms.AuthenticationForm(request.POST) login_form.set_request(request) if login_form.is_valid(): # Light security check -- make sure redirect_to isn't garbage. if not redirect_to or '//' in redirect_to or ' ' in redirect_to: from django.conf import settings redirect_to = settings.LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL from django.contrib.auth import login user = login_form.user login(request, user) request.session.delete_test_cookie() return HttpResponseRedirect(redirect_to) elif request.method == 'GET': login_form = forms.AuthenticationForm() request.session.set_test_cookie() return render_to_response(template_name, { 'form': login_form, redirect_field_name: redirect_to, 'site_name': current_site.name, }, context_instance=RequestContext(request)) The AuthenticationForm is, class AuthenticationForm(forms.Form): """ Base class for authenticating users. Extend this to get a form that accepts username/password logins. """ username = forms.CharField(required = True, max_length = 30) password = forms.CharField(required = True, max_length = 30, widget = forms.PasswordInput) def set_request (self, request): self.request = request def clean (self): user = authenticate(username=self.cleaned_data['username'], password=self.cleaned_data['password']) if self.request and not self.request.session.test_cookie_worked(): raise ValidationError(_("Your Web browser doesn't appear to have cookies enabled. Cookies are required for logging in.")) if user is None: raise ValidationError(_("Please enter a correct username and password. Note that both fields are case-sensitive.")) elif not user.is_active: raise ValidationError(_("This account is inactive.")) else: self.user = user return super(forms.Form, self).clean() --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---