Two sets of users (teacher and student) in Django authentication

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I'm building a web application where I have 2 sets of users (students and teachers). Teachers should be able to create their account, create a page of their content. Students should be able to create an account to sign up for this content. I am currently using django-registration to handle registration but I am wondering what's the best way to handle these 2 sets of users and still be able to use the Django authentication framework? I have heard about having multiple profiles but would like some opinions.

Thanks!

That's what groups are for. http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#groups Why aren't you using groups? — S.Lott, May 17 '11 at 15:18
Thanks. I guess I was uncertain about how the models overlapped but I will be implementing them using groups. — Tereno, May 17 '11 at 21:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 17 '11 at 15:19

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You could use permissions. When they sign up if they're a Teacher give them content creation permissions. If they're a student they don't get the permissions.

In the user profile I would just have a field that says which type they are. Unless a lot of the data is different I wouldn't have two user profiles.

answered May 17 '11 at 15:19

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What about like using Groups and grouping them instead? Thanks for the response! – Tereno May 17 '11 at 18:31
Yup, and then set the permissions on the group level. – silent1mezzo May 17 '11 at 19:31

Two sets of users (teacher and student) in Django authentication

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