Django create groups on init, extending superuser profile

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I create a site in Django and here is my Question How to make something like this:

On init (for example, when someone run "syncdb"?) I need to create a group with permissions and extend superuser profile from User to UserProfile(when user register it's not a problem but first admin/superuser is autocreated when app is created)

because, after installation you need to manually perform these operations in the admin panel.

sorry for my English, it's hard to explain to me the problem. I hope you understand.

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '11 at 16:06

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2 steps:

Take a dump from an existing database containing all the required data using the command dumpdata
After syncdb, load the fixture using the command loaddata

answered Jun 16 '11 at 16:06

shanyu

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name the fixture initial_data and Django should load it automatically after syncdb – Facundo Casco Jun 16 '11 at 17:54

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 16 '11 at 16:02

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Hook the post_syncdb signal in your management subpackage and do the work there.

answered Jun 16 '11 at 16:02

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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The [docs](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/signals/#post-syncdb) say not to do anything that requires changing the db: "It is important that handlers of this signal perform idempotent changes (e.g. no database alterations) as this may cause the flush management command to fail if it also ran during the syncdb command." So adding a UserProfile or creating Groups is forbidden. – Carl G Jun 19 '12 at 18:29

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 05 '15 at 06:48

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I guess fixtures can help you out with your problem, check out these docs

edited Jun 05 '15 at 06:48

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answered Jun 16 '11 at 16:05

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Django create groups on init, extending superuser profile

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