Django user authentication not working

Question

I'm using the default model User from django (since I'm using django-facebook) and the user authentication does not work in the template. Here is the code:

{% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
   Welcome, {{ request.user.first_name }}
   <a href="/logout">logout</a>
{% else %}
   <form action="{% url facebook_connect %}?facebook_login=1" method="post">
        <a href="javascript:void(0);" style="font-size: 20px;" onclick="F.connect(this.parentNode);">
             <img src="/media/images/site/facebook_login.png" alt="facebook_login" class="facebook_login_button"/>
        </a>
        <input type="hidden" value="{{ request.path }}" name="next" />
   </form>
{% endif %}

I've passed the context_instance from the view:

return render_to_response('index.html', context, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

But still it won't work. Thanks for your help!

EDIT:

The user successfully logs in with django-facebook (inserted into auth_user table) and his data is shown but when the user logs out his data disappears and the login form as seen on the edited code above is not show!

Here is the complete view I use for logging in and out the user:

def logout_view(request):
    logout(request)
    return HttpResponseRedirect('/')

def signin(request):
    username = request.POST['username']
    password = request.POST['password']
    user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
    if user is not None:
        if user.is_active:
            login(request, user)
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
        else:
            # TO RETURN ERROR
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
    else:
        # TO RETURN ERROR
        return HttpResponseRedirect('/')

If I remove the request from request.user.first_name an error appears:

You need to set AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE in your project settings

That is about all the details I can get..

Your question is too vague. Is there an error returned? Is your user signed in but it the welcome message not shown? What exactly does-not-work...? — A.J.Rouvoet
So you are saying that the template always ends up rendering "Welcome, <name>" ? — jdi
Well at first when the user logs in it says his name, but when he logs out it stays blank. — prototype

prototype prototype · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-11T01:40:57

I am not aware of the reason why request.user.is_authenticated is not working but I have found a solution - Using

{% if not user.is_anonymous %}

instead of

{% if request.user.is_authenticated %}

seems to do the trick. The if works and only logged in users are shown their info and the log out button.

Django user authentication not working

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