Managing two kind of users in one application

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I am not an expert in Django and learning it by doing. I am making an application and it has two kind of users-

 User who offers services
 User who uses services

So my query is how to manage these two types of users? One possible approach i am thinking of is make two separate profile models for both these users and have different login pages for these users. And still I want to have upper layer of Django admin which can manage both these users. So my problem is-Is there any particular way to implement this kind of scenario or i can go with my approach? These users will have different privileges like offer-er of service can add his service while simple user can only use that service by logging in himself. So i want to have a secure separation between these users.

Django doc has a section dedicated to this: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/topics/auth/customizing/#extending-the-existing-user-model — Shang Wang, Feb 14 '16 at 04:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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I would suggest using django's built in Groups and custom Permissions. Also another interesting tidbit I would consider is implementing two versions of the django admin.

How to have 2 different admin sites in a Django project?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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answered Feb 14 '16 at 07:44

Victor 'Chris' Cabral

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Not exactly what i was looking for but it was helpful. Thanks – user2719152 Feb 16 '16 at 12:55

Managing two kind of users in one application

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