Try running 'python manage.py createsuperuser' on your production server to create a new superuser account. You should have full privileges to log in to the admin and make changes using this account.
On Feb 7, 8:15 am, xpanta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > it seems that my problem is a bit complicated. I have tried much but > to no avail. So, please help me! > > Some time ago I migrated to postgresql from mysql. I don't know if I > did something wrong. Anyway, my webapp works "almost" flawlessly. > > Since then I never needed to login using admin rights (either using > the admin panel or my web site). Some weeks ago I tried and I noticed > that I can't login (to both admin site and web page) using admin > credentials. > > I have tried dozens of various tricks but I still can't login. > > I tried adding user.set_password() to my views.py in order to replace > admin password with a new simpler one ('123') but nothing. I even > registered a new user from my web page and changed its fields directly > in the DB (is_staff, is_active, is_superuser) to 'True'. This let me > login to the admin site but gave me no permission to change anything. > I even tried to create various admin users with the help of django > shell but none of them gives me a login. Interestingly whenever I do > something to change admin password, I always see a different hashed > password value in my DB. This means that all my approaches succeed in > changing the admin password. However I can't login. > > Normal users work fine. Problem appears only when the user is an > administrator. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
