Hello, I am fairly new to Django but have started developing my first app. The app will require the general public to create an account before being allowed to post comments on the website.
After reading through The Django Book<http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter14.html>and The Docs <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/auth/> , I think Django's built-in User Authentication system might be the tool I need. If so, I am a bit confused on the intended purpose of the Auth System probably because I am used to only using it with Django's built-in Admin app. I am seeking clarification on the following points of confusion: 1. When I think of Django user authentication, I think of a very limited number of special people (admins) with permission to access the Django admin site. "Special people only" 2. When I think of allowing the general public to create an account and authenticate with my website, I see that as something completely separate from the Admin site and all of it's associated database tables. Immediately, I think of creating a "users" table in myapp/models.py. "General public only" But it almost sounds like admin and public accounts are both handled by the Auth System and therefore live in the same database table. I would like to get a solid understanding of this before I proceed any further with my app. Thanks in advance for any clarification you can provide! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
