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mayan-edms/apps/common/auth/email_auth_backend.py
Roberto Rosario 36c7beca84 Added new setting, widget, form and auth backend to allow login via user email address
To enable:
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('common.auth.email_auth_backend.EmailAuthBackend',)
COMMON_LOGIN_METHOD = 'email'
2011-08-05 23:36:00 -04:00

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# From: http://www.micahcarrick.com/django-email-authentication.html
from django.contrib.auth.models import User, check_password
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend
class EmailAuthBackend(ModelBackend):
"""
Email Authentication Backend
Allows a user to sign in using an email/password pair rather than
a username/password pair.
"""
def authenticate(self, email=None, password=None):
"""
Authenticate a user based on email address as the user name.
"""
try:
user = User.objects.get(email=email)
if user.check_password(password):
return user
except User.DoesNotExist:
return None