Django set_password not working

Question

I set the user password and it checks out, but I can't login in various login forms. I can't authenticate:

u = User.objects.get(username='foobar')
u.set_password('123')
u.save()
u.check_password('123')  # True
authenticate(username='foobar', password='123')  # None?!?!

I can't log the user in though I've tried various ways.

Answer 1

Make sure that the user is_active. If the user does not have the .is_active flag set to True, it can lead to unusual behavior. Maybe your user got accidentally shadow banned :D