Accessing the auth user object in a template?

Hi,

I'm using the django.contrib.auth app to manage user login/logout. I
can successfully log in and out, but I cannot access the {{ user }}
object in my templates. If I'm reading these documents correctly,
that should be enabled by default:

@ zalun
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/41547/always-including-the-user-in-the-django-template-context

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#authentication-data-in-templates

Am I missing something? Here is a snippet from my base.html:

{% if user.is_authenticated %}
<p>Welcome, {{ user.username }}. Thanks for logging in.</p>
{% else %}
<p>Welcome, new user. Please log in.</p>
{% endif %}

If I I have my view explicity include the request.user object in the
template context, the above code works as expected. But I don't want
to have to put this in every one of my view functions.

Here are the template context processors in my settings.py:

TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = ("django.core.context_processors.auth",
"django.core.context_processors.debug",
"django.core.context_processors.i18n",
"django.core.context_processors.media",

"django.core.context_processors.request",
)

Any insights appreciated.

Thanks!

-Travis

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