Django User password only works after manually change in terminal

Question

I cant figure out why Django User password is not accepted. I've tried creating multiple users and each time I try to log in Django tells that the username or password didnt match. It must be a password issue because each time I change the password manually in terminal python manage.py changepassword username then the login is successful. I also checked that once the registration of the user is done then a user is added to the database and a hashed password is created as expected.

Any ideas what could be wrong here?

UPDATE

I also checked that the password works if I create a new user via django admin panel

models.py

class Company(models.Model):

    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

views.py

def register(request):
    registered = False

    if request.method == 'POST':
        user_form = UserCreateForm(data=request.POST)
        profile_form = ProfileCreationForm(data=request.POST)

        if user_form.is_valid() and profile_form.is_valid():

            user = user_form.save()
            user.set_password(user.password)
            print(user.password)
            user.save()

            profile = profile_form.save(commit=False)
            profile.user = user

            if 'logo' in request.FILES:
                profile.logo = request.FILES['logo']

            profile.save()

            registered = True

        else:
            print(user_form.errors, profile_form.errors)

    else:
        user_form = UserCreateForm()
        profile_form = ProfileCreationForm()

    return render(request, 'companies/registration.html', {'user_form': user_form,
                                                           'profile_form': profile_form,
                                                           'registered': registered})

forms.py

class UserCreateForm(UserCreationForm):

    class Meta(UserCreationForm.Meta):
        model = User
        fields = ('username', 'email', 'password1', 'password2')

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['username'].label = 'Lietotājvārds'

I don't see any problem in the code you have provided. The problem must be somewhere else. — David Louda, Aug 03 '21 at 11:32
may I suggest to check the sanity list provided in this thread [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11894765/unable-log-in-to-the-django-admin-page-with-a-valid-username-and-password) , at list you can know "what's not the problem". — Carlo, Aug 03 '21 at 12:17

d1spstack · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-04T11:00:37.007

I deleted this line from views.py and it worked

user.set_password(user.password)

I cant figure out why it works now since I don't recall changing this line of code and I use it in my other projects since its also used in the tutorials from which I'm learning Django

UPDATE

Cause found. The code user.set_password(user.password) actually set a new password based on the hash value of the initial password that I entered during user creation. After filling the form the user.password didn't represent the raw password but rather the hashed version of it. So my code created two password

Django User password only works after manually change in terminal

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