__init__.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth import models as auth_models
from django.contrib.auth.management import create_superuser
from django.db.models import signals

# From http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1466827/ --
#
# Prevent interactive question about wanting a superuser created.  (This code
# has to go in this otherwise empty "models" module so that it gets processed by
# the "syncdb" command during database creation.)
signals.post_syncdb.disconnect(
    create_superuser,
    sender=auth_models,
    dispatch_uid='django.contrib.auth.management.create_superuser')


# Create our own test user automatically.

def create_testuser(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
    if not settings.DEBUG:
        return
    try:
        auth_models.User.objects.get(username='admin')

    except auth_models.User.DoesNotExist:
        print '*' * 80
        print 'Creating users...'
        print '*' * 80
        assert auth_models.User.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'admin@iifa.pt', 'qwerty')

signals.post_syncdb.connect(create_testuser,
    sender=auth_models, dispatch_uid='common.models.create_testuser')