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19354	Unable to set PK for custom user model	markteisman@…	nobody	"Hello,
I've written a custom user model, and wished to set a field as the primary key. See the example below.

{{{
class User(AbstractBaseUser):
    email = models.EmailField(_('email'), max_length=75, unique=True, primary_key=True)

    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
    ...
}}}
Registering the user works fine, but when I authenticate the user using django.contrib.auth.views.login, I get an error stating that the 'User' object has no attribute 'id'.

I discussed this on IRC, where it was suggested to report this as a bug. We believe it is desirable to use .pk instead, for reasons related to portability.

A quick search has shown that there are 12 instances of 'user.id'.

Here's a summary of the error report:
{{{
Exception Type:	AttributeError
Exception Value: 'User' object has no attribute 'id'
Exception Location:	<path>/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/__init__.py in login, line 84
Python Executable:	<path>/bin/python
Python Version:	2.6.5
}}}

Regards,
Mark"	Bug	closed	contrib.auth	1.5-alpha-1	Normal	fixed	PK Primary Key Custom User		Accepted	1	0	0	0	1	0