migrating from django 1.3.0 to 1.5.4, getting ImproperlyConfigured exceptions (AUTH_USER_MODEL refers to model 'auth.User' that has not been installed)

2013-09-18 Thread Lauri Carpenter
We have been using django 1.3.0 for a long time. We are now trying to migrate to 1.5.4. We have not changed any schema or model information. We have been using two layers of middleware and backends (notably something based on SSLAuth Django App to authenticate first by certificate issued fro

Re: migrating from django 1.3.0 to 1.5.4, getting ImproperlyConfigured exceptions (AUTH_USER_MODEL refers to model 'auth.User' that has not been installed)

2013-09-19 Thread Lauri Carpenter
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Re: migrating from django 1.3.0 to 1.5.4, getting ImproperlyConfigured exceptions (AUTH_USER_MODEL refers to model 'auth.User' that has not been installed)

2013-09-19 Thread Lauri Carpenter
; On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 18:51:30 UTC+1, Lauri Carpenter wrote: > >> We have been using django 1.3.0 for a long time. We are now trying to >> migrate to 1.5.4. We have not changed any schema or model information. We >> have been using two layers of middleware

Re: migrating from django 1.3.0 to 1.5.4, getting ImproperlyConfigured exceptions (AUTH_USER_MODEL refers to model 'auth.User' that has not been installed)

2013-09-19 Thread Lauri Carpenter
is being calculated by django, not set by us; our settings.py file does not include any reference to AUTH_USER_anything). But when this happens during the authentication portion of the web interface, it causes the traceback, from somewhere within the django.contrib.auth forms for logging in (s

Re: migrating from django 1.3.0 to 1.5.4, getting ImproperlyConfigured exceptions (AUTH_USER_MODEL refers to model 'auth.User' that has not been installed)

2013-09-19 Thread Lauri Carpenter
Ok, I have found the problem (through digging through to post more information about it). It turns out that in our gui application, the gui-specific settings file was setting: INSTALLED_APPS = ( 'ncis_gui', 'ncis_sslauth', 'django_auth_ldap', ) and did not include the apps that