Authenticate the given username/email and password. If the fields
        are valid, store the authenticated user for returning via save().

def clean(self):
        """
        Authenticate the given username/email and password. If the fields
        are valid, store the authenticated user for returning via save().
        """
        username = self.cleaned_data.get("username")
        password = self.cleaned_data.get("password")
        self._user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
        if self._user is None:
            raise forms.ValidationError(
                             ugettext("Invalid username/email and password"))
        elif not self._user.is_active:
            raise forms.ValidationError(ugettext("Your account is inactive"))
        return self.cleaned_data