On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Eric Abrahamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I've tried alternating between using admin.autodiscover() in my > > urls.py, and manually registering my models using > > admin.site.register(Person), but I still get the permission error in > > the admin site. I've also tried flushing the database, but that > > doesn't seem to solve anything. FWIW, my user has is_superuser, > > is_staff and is_active all set to true in my database. > > > > The exact message I get in the admin site is "You don't have > > permission to edit anything". > > You'll need both the autodiscover and the admin.site.register() lines, > not one or the other. I'm not an expert on this, but I got the same > error message when I'd registered my models with admin.site, but not > used autodiscover. Autodiscover registers all the apps in your > INSTALLED_APPS settings, including django.contrib.admin, which is > where permissions reside. If you don't use autodiscover (or don't > explicitly register the admin models), then the django admin site has > no way of verifying who has what permissions (or something to that > effect). > > Short answer: register all your models with admin.site.register(), and > use admin.autodiscover() too. > > Yeah, I think you need both. What autodiscover() allows you to remove (I believe) is the previously-recommended import of your app's admin in your __init__.py file, which could lead to exceptions due to register being called multiple times due to your __init__ running more than once. But I'm not an expert on this either. Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
