I've solved this. First of all, the codename for the permission should be called as a codename and second, I had to remove the app name (display_data) like this:
permission = Permission.objects.get(codename='settings') On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 9:25:09 PM UTC-6, Matt Collins wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to set a permission for a user that I'm creating with a python > script. I've tested and found that the codename for the permission is > "display_data.settings" using the following: > > python manage.py shell > from django.contrib.auth.models import User > user_name = User.objects.get(username="user_name") > user_name.get_all_permissions() > set([u'display_data.settings']) > > > I'm trying to set this permission for the user with the following: > > from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model > from django.contrib.auth.models import User, Permission > > User = get_user_model() > > #check to see if user exists, create it if it doesn't > User.objects.filter(username="user_name").exists() or\ > User.objects.create_user(username='user_name', email=' > [email protected]', password='blah') > > > #add permissions to user > u = User.objects.get(username="user_name") > permission = Permission.objects.get(name='display_data.settings') > u.user_permissions.add(permission) > > > When I run this, I get the following error: > > > django.contrib.auth.models.DoesNotExist: Permission matching query does > not exist. > > > Can anybody tell me what I'm missing? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/e092d493-6dc5-4374-ad9e-e664e6b9d0b6%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
