You *might* need to drop all the auth_xxx tables, syncdb, and try again. Just a thought, since you've already broken the schema. But you might want to capture a dump of the database before you do stuff like this.
Bill 2011/2/8 xpanta <[email protected]>: > I tried deleting auth_user in order to force manage.py to create a new > one and see what happens (just in case there was some problem with the > database table) > > I gave a manage.py syncdb (after deleting auth_user) and it created > the table. It also asked me to create a new superuser. I gave the > details and this is what happened. > > (hope the following give a clue of what is going on) > http://dpaste.com/hold/397353/ > > This is my settings.py > http://dpaste.com/hold/397354/ > > and this is my CustomUserModel implementation > http://scottbarnham.com/blog/2008/08/21/extending-the-django-user-model-with-inheritance/ > > > > > > > > On 8 Φεβ, 08:54, xpanta <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have tried this already. I still can't login. >> >> :-( >> >> On 7 Φεβ, 15:48, Chris Lawlor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > 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. > > -- 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.
