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| 3011 | 2006-11-10 04:12:34 | 2012-09-26 10:54:52 | 2022-03-06 03:27:32.844768 | Accepted | closed | contrib.auth | New feature | Normal | fixed | Allow for extendable auth_user module | I have been using the AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE setting paired with the get_profile() feature of the Django auth system and have run into many cases where it would be nice to directly access extra arbitrary user information without having to call get_profile() for each record. I have patched my Django installation (with the attached .diff) to allow the developer to provide their own auth_user module, with the requirement that any developer created user model contains the base fields provided by the default auth_user model. This not only allows you to continue to use the build-in Django admin modules that rely on the auth_user system, but it allows you to store information like a users address, or override the username field to accept emails, etc. My solution to this problem involves a few things * Adding a settings AUTH_USER_MODULE that specifies the path to the custom auth_user model. (i.e. 'myproj.apps.users.models.User') * Moving the existing User class out of the ./django/contrib/auth/models.py into a subdirectory './django/contrib/auth/users/models.py' that will not automatically be registered as a model when someone adds the 'django.contrib.auth' module to their INSTALLED_APPS. The AUTH_USER_MODULE setting in global settings points to this class by default 'django.contrib.auth.users.models.!DefaultUser' * Creating a !UserTemplate class that every user auth system must inherit from. This ensures that the default functions (like check_password, has_permission, etc.) are available (all of which can be overridden in the custom User class. | nobody | nowell strite | auth_user | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |