login_as_anybody_in_django.py

from django.contrib.admin.views.decorators import staff_member_required


@staff_member_required
def login_using_email(request, email):
    '''DONT EVER USE this method for normal purposes. This is only there, for debugging specific problems related to users'''
    from django.contrib.auth import get_backends
    from django.contrib.auth import login as django_login
    from django.contrib.auth.models import User

    backend = get_backends()[0]
    user = User.objects.get(email=email)
    user.backend = "%s.%s" % (backend.__module__, backend.__class__.__name__)
    django_login(request, user)
    #set_any_extra_session_variables(request)