django registration custom backend

Hi,

I'm trying to write a custom backend for django registration.
(http://docs.b-list.org/django-registration/0.8/backend-api.html)
I'm using python 2.7 and django 1.4.

What I want is for an existing user with suitable permissions to be able
to register accounts for new users. The new user will get an email with
an activation link, which will redirect the new user to a form where
they set a password for their account.

I do not want the existing user to be required to set a password
manually for the new user to change once they first log in.

This is what I have so far:

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.sites.models import RequestSite
from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
from django.contrib.auth import login

from registration import signals
from registration.models import RegistrationProfile
from registration.backends.default import DefaultBackend

class CustomBackend(DefaultBackend):
def register(self, request, **kwargs):
username, email = kwargs['email'], kwargs['email']
# username is email address
password = '' # User will have no password set.
if Site._meta.installed:
site = Site.objects.get_current()
else:
site = RequestSite(request)
new_user = RegistrationProfile.objects.create_inactive_user(
username,
email,
password,
site)
signals.user_registered.send(sender=self.__class__,
user=new_user,
request=request)
return new_user

def activate(self, request, activation_key):
activated = RegistrationProfile.objects.activate_user(
activation_key)
if activated:
login(request, activated)
signals.user_activated.send(sender=self.__class__,
user=activated,
request=request)
return activated

def post_activation_redirect(self, request, user):
return ('set_password', (), {})

Unfortunately, when I try to log the new user in during account
activation, I get an AttributeError: 'User' object has no attribute
'backend'

I know this is because I'm not calling authenticate before login, but
authenticate
(https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/auth/#django.contrib.auth.authenticate)
requires a password, which I don't want to set at this stage. I want the
user to be logged in when they are redirected to the set_password form.

Advice would be appreciated.

Regards,
Ian

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