Re: Extending django.contrib.auth.models.User

1. write a new User Model, it like django.contrib.auth.models.User 2. write a new backend , like django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend 3. modify settings.py , add AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS=('myproject.myapp.backends.MyBackend' ,) http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#authenticatio

Extending django.contrib.auth.models.User

Folks, Thought I might put it out there. I mean technically this is not limited to django. I need to extend the django.contrib.auth.models.User class (adding an extra field, making the email field unique and increasing the length of the username field). Now what are your thoughts on doing t