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django-admin.py <subcommand> [options]
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manage.py <subcommand> [options]
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django-admin.py <command> [options]
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manage.py <command> [options]
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``subcommand`` should be one of the subcommands listed in this document.
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``command`` should be one of the commands listed in this document.
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``options``, which is optional, should be zero or more of the options available
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for the given command.
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.. django-admin-option:: --help
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Run ``django-admin.py help`` to display a list of all available subcommands.
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Run ``django-admin.py help <subcommand>`` to display a description of the
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given subcommand and a list of its available options.
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Run ``django-admin.py help`` to display a list of all available commands.
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Run ``django-admin.py help <command>`` to display a description of the
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given command and a list of its available options.
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Many subcommands take a list of "app names." An "app name" is the basename of
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Many commands take a list of "app names." An "app name" is the basename of
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Creates a superuser account (a user who has all permissions). This is
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do so during ``syncdb``, or if you need to programmatically generate
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superuser accounts for your site(s).
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When run interactively, this command will prompt for a password for
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the new superuser account. When run non-interactively, no password
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will be set, and the superuser account will not be able to log in until
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a password has been manually set for it.
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.. django-admin-option:: --username
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The username and e-mail address for the new account can be supplied by
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using the ``--username`` and ``--email`` arguments on the command
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line. If either of those is not supplied, ``createsuperuser`` will prompt for
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it when running interactively.
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This command is only available if Django's :doc:`authentication system
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</topics/auth>` (``django.contrib.auth``) is installed.
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.. _flup: http://www.saddi.com/software/flup/
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The options accepted by this command are passed to the FastCGI library and
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.. django-admin-option:: protocol
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Protocol to use. *PROTOCOL* can be ``fcgi``, ``scgi``, ``ajp``, etc.
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.. django-admin-option:: host
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Hostname to listen on.
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UNIX socket to listen on.
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Number of requests a child handles before it is killed and a new child is
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Max number of spare processes / threads.
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Min number of spare processes / threads.
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Hard limit number of processes / threads.
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.. django-admin-option:: daemonize
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Whether to detach from terminal.
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.. django-admin-option:: pidfile
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Write the spawned process-id to file *FILE*.
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Write stdout to the *FILE* file.
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:doc:`implements </howto/custom-management-commands>` them has been
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:setting:`enabled <INSTALLED_APPS>`. This section describes them grouped by
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``django.contrib.auth``
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the user given as parameter. If they both match, the new password will be
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changed immediately. If you do not supply a user, the command will attempt to
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Creates a superuser account (a user who has all permissions). This is
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useful if you need to create an initial superuser account but did not
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do so during ``syncdb``, or if you need to programmatically generate
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superuser accounts for your site(s).
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