undefined method 'password=' for #<User:0xb88ac38>

Question

I am building a Micropost Model using the http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/user-microposts#code:sample_microposts tutorial. while running a test to verify that a micropost object responds to the content and user_id attributes i get this error undefined method 'password=' for # Below are the code blocks for "User.rb" & "Micropost spec.rb".

   **User.rb**

  class User < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many :arts
    belongs_to :account
     attr_accessible :name, :email,:password, :password_confirmation

       has_many :microposts, dependent: :destroy
    has_many :relationships, foreign_key: "follower_id", dependent: :destroy
       has_many :followed_users, through: :relationships, source: :followed
    has_many :reverse_relationships, foreign_key: "followed_id",
                                   class_name:  "Relationship",
                                   dependent:   :destroy
      has_many :followers, through: :reverse_relationships, source: :follower

     def following?(other_user)
    relationships.find_by_followed_id(other_user.id)
     end

      def follow!(other_user)
    relationships.create!(followed_id: other_user.id)
    end

     def unfollow!(other_user)
      relationships.find_by_followed_id(other_user.id).destroy
    end
        def accountName
        account.name

*Micropost_spec*

require 'spec_helper'

describe Micropost do

  let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user) }
  before do
    # This code is wrong!
    @micropost = Micropost.new(content: "Lorem ipsum", user_id: user.id)
  end

  subject { @micropost }

  it { should respond_to(:content) }
  it { should respond_to(:user) }

end

Migration Users

class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration def change create_table :users do |t| t.string :name t.string :category
  t.timestamps
end   end end

User Model

class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :arts belongs_to :account
has_secure_password attr_accessible :name, :email has_many :microposts
   before_create { generate_token(:auth_token)}
   has_many :microposts, dependent: :destroy  has_many :relationships, foreign_key: "follower_id", dependent: :destroy
   has_many :followed_users, through: :relationships, source: :followed   has_many :reverse_relationships, foreign_key:
"followed_id", class_name: "Relationship", dependent: :destroy has_many :followers, through: :reverse_relationships, source: :follower

def generate_token(column) begin self[column] = SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64 end while User.exists?(column => self[column])
 def following?(other_user)
relationships.find_by_followed_id(other_user.id)   end
def follow!(other_user) relationships.create!(followed_id: other_user.id) end def unfollow!(other_user) relationships.find_by_followed_id(other_user.id).destroy end def accountName account.name end end end

pdu pdu · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-06T15:37:00

Just a guess into the blue, but looking at http://ruby.railstutorial.org/chapters/modeling-users#sec:adding_a_secure_password it seems like you're missing the passwords part.

If this is not the case, then you may need to post your complete model (it looks like it is cutted off) and maybe your migration file for users.

undefined method 'password=' for #<User:0xb88ac38>

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