How to reset Django admin password?

Question

I am using Django (version 1.3) and have forgotten both admin username and password. How to reset both?

And is it possible to make a normal user into admin, and then

Answer 1

if you forget your admin then you need to create new user by using

python manage.py createsuperuser <username>

and for password there is CLI command changepassword for django to change user password

python manage.py changepassword <username>

OR

django-admin changepassword <username>

OR Run this code in Django env

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
u = User.objects.get(username='john')
u.set_password('new password')
u.save()

Answer 2

1. python manage.py createsuperuser will create another superuser, you will be able to log into admin and rememder your username.
2. Yes, why not.

To give a normal user privileges, open a shell with python manage.py shell and try:

from django.contrib.auth.models import User
user = User.objects.get(username='normaluser')
user.is_superuser = True
user.save()

Answer 3

This is very good question.

python manage.py changepassword user_name

Example :-

python manage.py changepassword mickey