.. title: Existing user as admin in Django
.. slug: existing-user-as-admin-in-django
.. date: 2016-10-20 14:55:37 UTC+02:00
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.. author: Bruno Santeramo
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Enter Django shell

.. code:: bash

    python manage.py shell

edit user settings

.. code:: python

    from django.contrib.auth.models import User
    user = User.objects.get(username="myname")
    user.is_staff = True
    user.is_admin = True
    user.is_superuser = True
    user.save()