Implemented PlayerDB as replacement for User, as per Django1.5. All migrations work, but there are still lots of changes to be done in the code to remove references to the User model.

src/players/manager.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ The managers for the custom Player object and permissions.
 
 import datetime
 from functools import update_wrapper
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import UserManager
 from src.typeclasses.managers import returns_typeclass_list, returns_typeclass, TypedObjectManager
 from src.utils import logger
 __all__ = ("PlayerManager",)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def returns_player(method):
             return None
     return update_wrapper(func, method)
 
-class PlayerManager(TypedObjectManager):
+class PlayerManager(TypedObjectManager, UserManager):
     """
     This PlayerManager implements methods for searching
     and manipulating Players directly from the database.

src/players/migrations/0020_add_playerdbtmp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models, connection
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding model 'PlayerDBtmp'
+        if "auth_user" in connection.introspection.table_names():
+            # auth_user exists ffrom before. Use that as a base.
+            db.rename_table('auth_user', 'players_playerdbtmp')
+        else:
+            # from-scratch creation; no auth_user table available. Create vanilla User table
+            db.create_table(u'players_playerdbtmp', (
+                (u'id', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.AutoField')(primary_key=True)),
+                ('password', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=128)),
+                ('last_login', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(default=datetime.datetime.now)),
+                ('is_superuser', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False)),
+                ('username', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(unique=True, max_length=30)),
+                ('first_name', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=30, blank=True)),
+                ('last_name', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=30, blank=True)),
+                ('email', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.EmailField')(max_length=75, blank=True)),
+                ('is_staff', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False)),
+                ('is_active', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=True)),
+                ('date_joined', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(default=datetime.datetime.now)),
+            ))
+            db.send_create_signal(u'players', ['PlayerDBtmp'])
+
+            # Adding M2M table for field groups on 'PlayerDBtmp'
+            db.create_table(u'players_playerdbtmp_groups', (
+                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', primary_key=True, auto_created=True)),
+                ('playerdbtmp', models.ForeignKey(orm[u'players.playerdbtmp'], null=False)),
+                ('group', models.ForeignKey(orm[u'auth.group'], null=False))
+            ))
+            db.create_unique(u'players_playerdbtmp_groups', ['playerdbtmp_id', 'group_id'])
+
+            # Adding M2M table for field user_permissions on 'PlayerDBtmp'
+            db.create_table(u'players_playerdbtmp_user_permissions', (
+                ('id', models.AutoField(verbose_name='ID', primary_key=True, auto_created=True)),
+                ('playerdbtmp', models.ForeignKey(orm[u'players.playerdbtmp'], null=False)),
+                ('permission', models.ForeignKey(orm[u'auth.permission'], null=False))
+            ))
+            db.create_unique(u'players_playerdbtmp_user_permissions', ['playerdbtmp_id', 'permission_id'])
+
+            # Adding field 'PlayerDB.db_is_connected'
+            db.add_column(u'players_playerdb', 'db_is_connected',
+                          self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
+                          keep_default=False)
+
+            # Adding field 'PlayerDB.db_cmdset_storage'
+            db.add_column(u'players_playerdb', 'db_cmdset_storage',
+                          self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, null=True),
+                          keep_default=False)
+
+        # add Evennia-specific columns
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_key', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, db_index=True, null=True))
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_typeclass_path', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, null=True))
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_date_created', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField')(null=True, auto_now_add=True, blank=True))
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_permissions', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True))
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_lock_storage', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.TextField')(blank=True, null=True))
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_is_connected', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False))
+        db.add_column('players_playerdbtmp', 'db_cmdset_storage', self.gf('django.db.models.fields.CharField')(max_length=255, null=True))
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        raise RuntimeError("Cannot revert migration")
+
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerattribute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerAttribute'},
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_value': ('src.utils.picklefield.PickledObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerdb': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerDB'},
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerdbtmp': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-db_date_created', 'id', 'db_typeclass_path', 'db_key']", 'object_name': 'PlayerDBtmp'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'players.playernick': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('db_nick', 'db_type', 'db_obj'),)", 'object_name': 'PlayerNick'},
+            'db_nick': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_real': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'db_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'inputline'", 'max_length': '16', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['players']

src/players/migrations/0021_copy_user_profile_to_tmp.py

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import DataMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+class Migration(DataMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        "Write your forwards methods here."
+        # Note: Remember to use orm['appname.ModelName'] rather than "from appname.models..."
+        if not db.dry_run:
+            for profile in orm['players.PlayerDB'].objects.all():
+                plyr = orm['players.PlayerDBtmp'].objects.get(id=profile.user_id)
+                plyr.db_cmdset_storage = profile.db_cmdset_storage
+                plyr.db_date_created = profile.db_date_created
+                plyr.db_is_connected = profile.db_is_connected
+                plyr.db_key = profile.db_key
+                plyr.db_lock_storage = profile.db_lock_storage
+                plyr.db_typeclass_path = profile.db_typeclass_path
+                plyr.db_permissions = profile.db_permissions
+                plyr.save()
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        "Write your backwards methods here."
+        raise RuntimeError("Cannot revert this migration.")
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerattribute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerAttribute'},
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_value': ('src.utils.picklefield.PickledObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerdb': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerDB'},
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerdbtmp': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-db_date_created', 'id', 'db_typeclass_path', 'db_key']", 'object_name': 'PlayerDBtmp'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'players.playernick': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('db_nick', 'db_type', 'db_obj'),)", 'object_name': 'PlayerNick'},
+            'db_nick': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_real': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'db_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'inputline'", 'max_length': '16', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['players']
+    symmetrical = True

src/players/migrations/0022_delete_old_profile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        db.delete_table('players_playerdb')
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        raise RuntimeError("Cannot revert this migration")
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerattribute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerAttribute'},
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_value': ('src.utils.picklefield.PickledObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerdb': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerDB'},
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']", 'unique': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerdbtmp': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-db_date_created', 'id', 'db_typeclass_path', 'db_key']", 'object_name': 'PlayerDBtmp'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'players.playernick': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('db_nick', 'db_type', 'db_obj'),)", 'object_name': 'PlayerNick'},
+            'db_nick': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_real': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'db_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'inputline'", 'max_length': '16', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['players']

src/players/migrations/0023_rename_tmp_player_to_playerdb.py

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        db.rename_table('players_PlayerDBtmp', 'players_PlayerDB')
+        db.send_create_signal('players', ['PlayerDB'])
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        raise RuntimeError("Cannot revert this migration.")
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'players.playerattribute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PlayerAttribute'},
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_value': ('src.utils.picklefield.PickledObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+#        u'players.playerdbtmp': {
+#            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-db_date_created', 'id', 'db_typeclass_path', 'db_key']", 'object_name': 'PlayerDBtmp'},
+#            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+#            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+#            'db_is_connected': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+#            'db_cmdset_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+#            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+#            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+#            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+#            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+#            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+#            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+#            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+#            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+#            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+#        },
+        u'players.playerdb': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-db_date_created', 'id', 'db_typeclass_path', 'db_key']", 'object_name': 'PlayerDB'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'db_date_created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_lock_storage': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'db_typeclass_path': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'players.playernick': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('db_nick', 'db_type', 'db_obj'),)", 'object_name': 'PlayerNick'},
+            'db_nick': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'db_obj': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['players.PlayerDB']"}),
+            'db_real': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'db_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'inputline'", 'max_length': '16', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['players']

src/players/models.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ account info and OOC account configuration variables etc.
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser, User
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_str
 
 from src.server.caches import get_field_cache, set_field_cache, del_field_cache
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ class PlayerNickHandler(TypeNickHandler):
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 
-class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
+
+class PlayerDB(TypedObject, AbstractUser):
     """
     This is a special model using Django's 'profile' functionality
     and extends the default Django User model. It is defined as such
@@ -145,8 +146,8 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
 
     # this is the one-to-one link between the customized Player object and
     # this profile model. It is required by django.
-    user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True, db_index=True,
+    #user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True, db_index=True,
-      help_text="The <I>User</I> object holds django-specific authentication for each Player. A unique User should be created and tied to each Player, the two should never be switched or changed around. The User will be deleted automatically when the Player is.")
+    #  help_text="The <I>User</I> object holds django-specific authentication for each Player. A unique User should be created and tied to each Player, the two should never be switched or changed around. The User will be deleted automatically when the Player is.")
     # store a connected flag here too, not just in sessionhandler.
     # This makes it easier to track from various out-of-process locations
     db_is_connected = models.BooleanField(default=False, verbose_name="is_connected", help_text="If player is connected to game or not")
@@ -254,17 +255,19 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
     #@property
     def __name_get(self):
         "Getter. Allows for value = self.name"
-        name = get_prop_cache(self, "_name")
+        return self.username
-        if not name:
+        #name = get_prop_cache(self, "_name")
-            name = _GA(self,"user").username
+        #if not name:
-            set_prop_cache(self, "_name", name)
+        #    name = _GA(self,"user").username
-        return name
+        #    set_prop_cache(self, "_name", name)
+        #return name
     #@name.setter
     def __name_set(self, value):
         "Setter. Allows for player.name = newname"
-        _GA(self, "user").username = value
+        self.username = value
-        _GA(self, "user").save()
+        #_GA(self, "user").username = value
-        set_prop_cache(self, "_name", value)
+        #_GA(self, "user").save()
+        #set_prop_cache(self, "_name", value)
     #@name.deleter
     def __name_del(self):
         "Deleter. Allows for del self.name"
@@ -275,11 +278,12 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
     #@property
     def __uid_get(self):
         "Getter. Retrieves the user id"
-        uid = get_prop_cache(self, "_uid")
+        return self.id
-        if not uid:
+        #uid = get_prop_cache(self, "_uid")
-            uid = _GA(self, "user").id
+        #if not uid:
-            set_prop_cache(self, "_uid", uid)
+        #    uid = _GA(self, "user").id
-        return uid
+        #    set_prop_cache(self, "_uid", uid)
+        #return uid
     def __uid_set(self, value):
         raise Exception("User id cannot be set!")
     def __uid_del(self):
@@ -287,14 +291,15 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
     uid = property(__uid_get, __uid_set, __uid_del)
 
     #@property
-    def __is_superuser_get(self):
+    #def __is_superuser_get(self):
-        "Superusers have all permissions."
+    #    "Superusers have all permissions."
-        is_suser = get_prop_cache(self, "_is_superuser")
+    #    return self.db_is_superuser
-        if is_suser == None:
+    #    #is_suser = get_prop_cache(self, "_is_superuser")
-            is_suser = _GA(self, "user").is_superuser
+    #    #if is_suser == None:
-            set_prop_cache(self, "_is_superuser", is_suser)
+    #    #    is_suser = _GA(self, "user").is_superuser
-        return is_suser
+    #    #    set_prop_cache(self, "_is_superuser", is_suser)
-    is_superuser = property(__is_superuser_get)
+    #    #return is_suser
+    #is_superuser = property(__is_superuser_get)
 
     #
     # PlayerDB class access methods
@@ -516,16 +521,12 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
             self.unpuppet_object(session.sessid)
             session.sessionhandler.disconnect(session, reason=_("Player being deleted."))
 
-        try:
+        #try:
-            if _GA(self, "user"):
+        #    if _GA(self, "user"):
-                _GA(_GA(self, "user"), "delete")()
+        #        _GA(_GA(self, "user"), "delete")()
-        except AssertionError:
+        #except AssertionError:
-            pass
+        #    pass
-        try:
         super(PlayerDB, self).delete(*args, **kwargs)
-        except AssertionError:
-            # this means deleting the user already cleared out the Player object.
-            pass
 
     def execute_cmd(self, raw_string, sessid=None):
         """
@@ -573,3 +574,6 @@ class PlayerDB(TypedObject):
             except:
                 pass
         return matches
+
+class PlayerDBtmp(AbstractUser):
+    pass

src/server/initial_setup.py

@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ Everything starts at handle_setup()
 """
 
 import django
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core import management
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management import call_command
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from src.server.models import ServerConfig
 from src.help.models import HelpEntry
 from src.utils import create
 
+
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 
 def create_config_values():
@@ -25,9 +27,18 @@ def create_config_values():
 
 def get_god_user():
     """
-    Returns the initially created 'god' User object.
+    Creates the god user.
     """
-    return User.objects.get(id=1)
+    PlayerDB = get_user_model()
+    try:
+        god_user = PlayerDB.objects.get(id=1)
+    except PlayerDB.DoesNotExist:
+        txt = "\n\nNo superuser exists yet. The superuser is the 'owner' account on the"
+        txt += "\nEvennia server; a good safety fallback. Create a new superuser using the command"
+        txt += "\n\n  python manage.py createsuperuser"
+        txt += "\n\nFollow the prompts, then restart the server."
+        raise Exception(txt)
+    return god_user
 
 def create_objects():
     """

src/settings_default.py

@@ -484,11 +484,12 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'src.comms',
     'src.help',
     'src.scripts',
-    'src.web.news',
+    #'src.web.news',
     'src.web.website',)
 # The user profile extends the User object with more functionality;
 # This should usually not be changed.
-AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = "players.PlayerDB"
+AUTH_USER_MODEL = "players.PlayerDB"
+#AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = "players.PlayerDB"
 # Use a custom test runner that just tests Evennia-specific apps.
 TEST_RUNNER = 'src.utils.test_utils.EvenniaTestSuiteRunner'