How does Django authentication work?

To change a user’s password, you have several options: manage.py changepassword *username* offers a method of changing a user’s password from the command line. It prompts you to change the password of a given user which you must enter twice. If they both match, the new password will be changed immediately.

The Django authentication system handles both authentication and authorization. Briefly, authentication verifies a user is who they claim to be, and authorization determines what an authenticated user is allowed to do . Here the term authentication is used to refer to both tasks.

Run the following command:

Problems running django-admin django-admin should be on your system path if you installed Django via pip . If it’s not in your path, ensure you have your virtual environment activated and you can try running the equivalent command python -m django .

Run ‘python manage.py migrate’ to apply them. Username (leave blank to use ‘chatru’): admin Email address: [email protected] Password: Password (again): The password is too similar to the username .