Re: Custom User model in django.contrib.auth

2007-10-02 Thread Leo
In addition, I think if you duplicate the existing auth app under another name, you're not going to be able to use the django.contrib applications, since lots of those (like admin) count on being able to do database joins between their table and the existing auth app's model objects. In other wor

Re: Custom User model in django.contrib.auth

2007-10-01 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
On 10/2/07, handsome greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Extending the model to add more fields isn't really > an issue for me, I would just really like to use my own table but keep > the django.contrib.auth functionality without hacking the source. Is > this possible in any way currently? Thanks

Custom User model in django.contrib.auth

2007-10-01 Thread handsome greg
Hey dudes, I read James's blog post (http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/ jun/06/django-tips-extending-user-model/) about extending the User model and the relative futility of the now defunct replaces_module() function. My question is this: I have a legacy db with a users table. My table actually fi