Creating a Superuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

python manage.py createsuperuser

python manage.py shell
>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
>>> u = User.objects.get(username='admin')
>>> u.is_staff, u.is_superuser
(True, True)

python manage.py runserver

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1. Trying to log in to /admin/ with a regular user account that was never granted staff or superuser status.
2. Forgetting the password immediately after creating the superuser in a non-interactive script.
3. Creating a new superuser every time instead of reusing the existing one, ending up with several admin accounts.

• python manage.py createsuperuser starts an interactive prompt for username, email, and password.
• A superuser automatically has is_staff=True and is_superuser=True, granting full admin access.
• You need at least one superuser before the admin dashboard is usable.