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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt | 16 |
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diff --git a/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt b/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt index 746e92e637..bb44f091fe 100644 --- a/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt +++ b/docs/topics/auth/customizing.txt @@ -470,13 +470,15 @@ password resets. You must then provide some key implementation details: .. attribute:: REQUIRED_FIELDS - A list of the field names that *must* be provided when creating a user - via the :djadmin:`createsuperuser` management command. The user will be - prompted to supply a value for each of these fields. It should include - any field for which :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.blank` is ``False`` - or undefined, but may include additional fields you want prompted for - when a user is created interactively. However, it will not work for - :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey` fields. + A list of the field names that will be prompted for when creating a + user via the :djadmin:`createsuperuser` management command. The user + will be prompted to supply a value for each of these fields. It must + include any field for which :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.blank` is + ``False`` or undefined and may include additional fields you want + prompted for when a user is created interactively. However, it will not + work for :class:`~django.db.models.ForeignKey` fields. + ``REQUIRED_FIELDS`` has no effect in other parts of Django, like + creating a user in the admin. For example, here is the partial definition for a ``User`` model that defines two required fields - a date of birth and height:: |