Creating a Superuser

[thepuss]

To create a superuser, the createhorillauser.py function can be used,
I believe this sets "is_staff" and "is_superuser" in table [auth_user] to TRUE.

What is the purpose of "is_staff = True"?
When is someone "staff" but not "employee"?

It looks like if "is_staff=TRUE" then that user will not appear in the employee screens. is that correct?

[horilla-opensource]

Hi @thepuss ,

Great questions — this touches an important distinction in Django and Horilla.

In Django, the is_staff field is mainly used to control access to the admin interface.

is_staff = True → user can log into the admin panel
is_superuser = True → user has all permissions automatically

[thepuss]

That clears it up. Many thanks!