How to set user.is_staff to True by default in Django Admin? [closed]

Question

I need to set the is_staff value to True when creating a user in Admin interface.

How can I do that?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can define a custom ModelAdmin and add your custom logic there:

class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
        if request.user.is_superuser:
            obj.is_staff = True
            obj.save()

admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin)

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