I want to do exactly this (add extra fields to the auth.User model): http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/fc7fb879b28533e6/94f66cbaa6a42d6e?q=extending+user+&rnum=1#94f66cbaa6a42d6e
But this was posted and answered in August 05 - I have no problem with those steps, but it seems really unwieldy. Has the situation improved since then? Alice

