From f94f0555bcf98e8b05874dfa3c804393ff4b91f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Holovaty Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 03:08:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #1726 -- Made django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py a command-line function, and added docs git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@2841 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py | 6 ++++++ docs/authentication.txt | 15 ++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py b/django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py index ab5ca36f50..f42d30539e 100644 --- a/django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py +++ b/django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ """ Helper function for creating superusers in the authentication system. + +If run from the command line, this module lets you create a superuser +interactively. """ from django.core import validators @@ -82,3 +85,6 @@ def createsuperuser(username=None, email=None, password=None): u.is_superuser = True u.save() print "Superuser created successfully." + +if __name__ == "__main__": + createsuperuser() diff --git a/docs/authentication.txt b/docs/authentication.txt index 8f618f8a20..0b7094188d 100644 --- a/docs/authentication.txt +++ b/docs/authentication.txt @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ install what's needed. The ``syncdb`` command creates the necessary database tables, creates permission objects for all installed apps that need 'em, and prompts you to -create a superuser account. +create a superuser account the first time you run it. Once you've taken those steps, that's it. @@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ the ``django.contirb.auth.models.User`` interface, with these differences: In practice, you probably won't need to use ``AnonymousUser`` objects on your own, but they're used by Web requests, as explained in the next section. +Creating superusers +------------------- + +``manage.py syncdb`` prompts you to create a superuser the first time you run +it after adding ``'django.contrib.auth'`` to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``. But if +you need to create a superuser after that via the command line, you can use the +``create_superuser.py`` utility. Just run this command:: + + python /path/to/django/contrib/auth/create_superuser.py + +Make sure to substitute ``/path/to/`` with the path to the Django codebase on +your filesystem. + Authentication in Web requests ==============================