Create superuser in Django

1. After building a project and open admin site

2. input this command in terminal

$:manage.py shell

3. Then input this in the python shell. This code will create a "admin" superuser

>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
>>> user = User.objects.create_user('admin', '[email protected]', '12345')
>>> user.is_superuser = True
>>> user.save()

Ps. only superuser can edit "admin" site's content

4. If user need to change password or some attributes

>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
>>> u = User.objects.get(username__exact='admin')
>>> u.set_password('new password')
>>> u.save()

 

References: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/auth/#topics-auth-creating-superusers