Already Registered at /appname/: The model User is already registered

Question

I\'m trying to connect the django.contrib.auth User with my own UserProfile, and I\'m getting an \'AlreadyRegistered\' error when I go on the site.

Here\'s the trace

Answer 1

When you define a custom user admin in your app's admin.py, you must first unregister the default User model admin before registering your own.

admin.site.unregister(User)
admin.site.register(User, MyUserAdmin)