I’m getting a pretty nasty KeyError after logging into the Django admin. It is

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I’m getting a pretty nasty KeyError after logging into the Django admin. It is

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I’m getting a pretty nasty KeyError after logging into the Django admin. It is unable to find the key “user”. If it helps, I have a model named “User”.

How do I fix this? Could something be wrong with my configuration? I am using the default admin configuration mentioned in the Django tutorials.

[07/Feb/2012 19:04:52] "GET /web/admin/ HTTP/1.1" 500 1865

http://localhost:8000/web/admin/
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 111, in get_response
    response = callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py", line 214, in wrapper
    return self.admin_view(view, cacheable)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/utils/decorators.py", line 93, in _wrapped_view
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/views/decorators/cache.py", line 79, in _wrapped_view_func
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py", line 197, in inner
    return view(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/views/decorators/cache.py", line 79, in _wrapped_view_func
    response = view_func(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/sites.py", line 382, in index
    context_instance=context_instance
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/shortcuts/__init__.py", line 20, in render_to_response
    return HttpResponse(loader.render_to_string(*args, **kwargs), **httpresponse_kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/loader.py", line 188, in render_to_string
    return t.render(context_instance)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 123, in render
    return self._render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 117, in _render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 744, in render
    bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 757, in render_node
    return node.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 127, in render
    return compiled_parent._render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 117, in _render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 744, in render
    bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 757, in render_node
    return node.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 127, in render
    return compiled_parent._render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 117, in _render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 744, in render
    bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 757, in render_node
    return node.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/loader_tags.py", line 64, in render
    result = block.nodelist.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 744, in render
    bits.append(self.render_node(node, context))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/base.py", line 757, in render_node
    return node.render(context)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/contrib/admin/templatetags/log.py", line 19, in render
    user_id = context[self.user].id
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django/template/context.py", line 55, in __getitem__
    raise KeyError(key)
KeyError: u'user'

[07/Feb/2012 19:06:28] "GET /web/admin/ HTTP/1.1" 500 1865

Here is part of my settings.py:

# List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
#     'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
)

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
     'django.core.context_processors.request',
     'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
)

MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
    'web.exception.Middleware',
    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
#    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
)

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    BASE('web/templates')
)

INSTALLED_APPS = (
    'django.contrib.auth',
   'django.contrib.contenttypes',
    'django.contrib.sites',
    'django.contrib.sessions',
    'django.contrib.messages',
    ...
    'django_nose',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    'django.contrib.admin',
    # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
    # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
)