Django/Python: Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL
django, postgresql, python
Solution
in `settings_example.py` you have `AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'users.User'`. However you are using an app - `menu.bookmark` - that has a relation to `django.contrib.auth.User` - you can't have both. Setting `AUTH_USER_MODEL` means that you are replacing the built-in Django user model with your own. See http://procrastinatingdev.com/django/using-configurable-user-models-in-django-1-5/ for details.
Problem
I'm completely new to Python and Django, but I need to install testbedserver-software (for which I follow this tutorial) on my server. Now I'm running into trouble when running following command: ``` python manage.py syncdb ``` The following error is shown: ``` CommandError: One or more models did not validate: menu.bookmark: 'user' defines a relation with the model 'auth.User', which has been swapped out. Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL. dashboard.dashboardpreferences: 'user' defines a relation with the model 'auth.User', which has been swapped out. Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL. ``` This is my manage.py: ``` #!/usr/bin/env python import os import sys if __name__ == "__main__": os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "controller.settings") from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) ``` This is my settings.py: ``` from controller.settings_example import * # Probably you want to override at least the database configuration: DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', 'NAME': 'controller', 'USER': 'confine', 'PASSWORD': 'confine', 'HOST': 'localhost', 'PORT': '', } } ``` I already found this http://grokbase.com/p/gg/django-users/12ar0b12ca/ver-1-5-specifying-custom-user-model-extends-abstractuser-doesnt-work. But I don't even know where to apply the solution. (I don't even know this problem is PostgreSQL, Python or Django based...) Can someone help me with this? Thanks in advance, atobi