url(r'^login/$',
    auth_views.login,
    kwargs={'template_name': 'admin/login.html'},
    name='login'),

url(r'^login/$',
    auth_views.LoginView(template_name='admin/login.html'),
    name='login'),

# regex/urls.py
from django.conf.urls import include, url
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse_lazy
from entries.views import HomeView, EntryListView, EntryFormView


urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    url(r'^entries/$', EntryListView.as_view(), name='entries'),
    url(r'^entries/insert$',
        EntryFormView.as_view(),
        name='insert'),

# here lies the troublemaker
    url(r'^login/$',
        auth_views.login,
        kwargs={'template_name': 'admin/login.html'},
        name='login'),

# as well as here
    url(r'^logout/$',
        auth_views.logout,
        kwargs={'next_page': reverse_lazy('home')},
        name='logout'),

url(r'^$', HomeView.as_view(), name='home'),
]

"""
urlpatterns = [
    url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls),
    url(r'^entries/$', EntryListView.as_view(), name='entries'),
    url(r'^entries/insert$',
        EntryFormView.as_view(),
        name='insert'),

    url(r'^login/$',
        auth_views.login,
        kwargs={'template_name': "admin/login/html"},
        name = 'login'),

    url(r'^logout/$',
        auth_views.logout,
        kwargs={'next_page': reverse_lazy('home')},
        name='logout'),

    url(r'^$', HomeView.as_view(), name='home'),
]
"""
urlpatterns = [
    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
    path('entries/', EntryListView.as_view(), name='entries'),
    path('entries/insert',
        EntryFormView.as_view(),
        name='insert'),

    path('login/',
        auth_views.LoginView.as_view(template_name="admin/login/html"),
        name = 'login'),

    path('logout/',
        auth_views.LogoutView.as_view(next_page=reverse_lazy('home')),
        name='logout'),

    path('', HomeView.as_view(), name='home'),
]