groups = models.ManyToManyField(Group, verbose_name=_('groups'),
  blank=True, help_text=_('The groups this user belongs to. A user will '
              'get all permissions granted to each of '
              'their groups.'),
  related_name="user_set", related_query_name="user")
user_permissions = models.ManyToManyField(Permission,
  verbose_name=_('user permissions'), blank=True,
  help_text=_('Specific permissions for this user.'),
  related_name="user_set", related_query_name="user")

def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
  """
  Returns True if the user has the specified permission. This method
  queries all available auth backends, but returns immediately if any
  backend returns True. Thus, a user who has permission from a single
  auth backend is assumed to have permission in general. If an object is
  provided, permissions for this specific object are checked.
  """
 
  # Active superusers have all permissions.
  if self.is_active and self.is_superuser:
    return True
 
  # Otherwise we need to check the backends.
  return _user_has_perm(self, perm, obj)

user.last_login = timezone.now()

> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
> user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'lennon@thebeatles.com', 'johnpassword')
 
# At this point, user is a User object that has already been saved
# to the database. You can continue to change its attributes
# if you want to change other fields.
> user.last_name = 'Lennon'
> user.save()

$ python manage.py createsuperuser --username=joe --email=joe@example.com

> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
> u = User.objects.get(username='john')
> u.set_password('new password')
> u.save()

from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
user = authenticate(username='john', password='secret')
if user is not None:
  # the password verified for the user
  if user.is_active:
    print("User is valid, active and authenticated")
  else:
    print("The password is valid, but the account has been disabled!")
else:
  # the authentication system was unable to verify the username and password
  print("The username and password were incorrect.")