Issue with createsuperuser when implementing custom user model

Question

I am trying to implement my own custom user model in Django 1.6 but I am getting this error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"./manage.py\", line          


        

Answer 1

Looking at the code for the management commands, it only prompts for fields in the user model's REQUIRED_FIELDS attribute (as well as username). That attribute contains email by default in AbstractBaseUser, but if you have overridden it - or not inherited from that model in the first place (which you should be doing) - then email will not be prompted, and not passed to the create_superuser method.