Hi, You need to unregister `User` model from admin site before registering new one.
admin.site.unregister(User) admin.site.register(CustomUser, UserAdmin) Please have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/a/2270704/353550 Pankaj Singh http://about.me/psjinx On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Benoit Petit <benoit.petit.i...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I extend the django user model as described in the dev doc. I wan't to keep > most of the original User model features so I extend the AbstractUser class. > I've defined in settings.py: > > AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'myapp.CustomUser' > > My user class: > > class CustomUser(AbstractUser): > custom_field = models.ForeignKey('OtherModel') > objects = UserManager() > > Everything seems to work fine but when I try to make it managed by the admin > site: > > admin.site.register(CustomUser, UserAdmin) > > I get this error on the admin CustomUser creation page (after validation of > the password confirmation form): > > AttributeError: Manager isn't available; User has been swapped for > 'myapp.CustomUser' > > The point is that I need this model managed by the admin site in order to > have the same creation process as with the original User model (two step > process with password validation). > > Thanks for any reply > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/8VtQghtcMFgJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
