fix - Remove staff type from group and add is-staff arg

babybuddy/management/commands/createuser.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Example usage:
   manage.py createuser \
           --username test     \
           --email test@test.test \
-          --group staff
+          --group read_only
 """
 import sys
 import getpass
@@ -54,15 +54,22 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         parser.add_argument(
             "--group",
             dest="groups",
-            choices=("read_only", "standard", "staff"),
+            choices=("read_only", "standard"),
-            default="read_only",
+            default="standard",
-            help="Specifies the group a user belongs to. Default is read_only.",
+            help="Specifies the group a user belongs to. Default is standard.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--is-staff",
+            dest="is_staff",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help="Specifies the staff status for the user. Default is False.",
         )
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         username = options.get(self.UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD)
         password = options.get("password")
-        group_name = options.get("groups", "read_only")
+        group_name = options.get("groups", "standard")
 
         user_data = {}
         user_password = ""
@@ -115,10 +122,13 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
             ).create_user(**user_data, password=user_password)
             user.email = options.get("email")
-            if group_name == "staff":
+            user.is_staff = options.get("is_staff")
-                user.is_staff = True
             user.save()
-            user.groups.add(group)
+            if user.is_staff:
+                user.is_superuser = True
+                user.save()
+            else:
+                user.groups.add(group)
 
             if options.get("verbosity") > 0:
                 self.stdout.write(f"User {username} created successfully.")

babybuddy/tests/tests_commands.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class CommandsTestCase(TransactionTestCase):
 
     def test_createuser(self):
         Group.objects.create(name="read_only")
-        Group.objects.create(name="staff")
+        Group.objects.create(name="standard")
 
         call_command(
             "createuser",
@@ -35,14 +35,18 @@ class CommandsTestCase(TransactionTestCase):
             verbosity=0,
         )
         self.assertIsInstance(User.objects.get(username="test"), User)
-        self.assertFalse(User.objects.filter(username="test", is_staff=True))
+        self.assertFalse(
+            User.objects.filter(username="test", is_staff=True, is_superuser=True)
+        )
         call_command(
             "createuser",
+            "--is-staff",
             username="testadmin",
             email="testadmin@testadmin.testadmin",
             password="test",
-            group="staff",
             verbosity=0,
         )
         self.assertIsInstance(User.objects.get(username="testadmin"), User)
-        self.assertTrue(User.objects.filter(username="testadmin", is_staff=True))
+        self.assertTrue(
+            User.objects.filter(username="testadmin", is_staff=True, is_superuser=True)
+        )

docs/user-guide/managing-users.md

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 ## Creating a User from the Command Line
 
+A user's type can be:
+
+- Read only (can access all data but not make new entries)
+- Standard (default, can access and make/edit any type of entry)
+- Staff (bypasses permissions, can access Database Admin area)
+
 There are 2 ways you can create a user from the command line:
 
 1. Passing user's password as an argument:
@@ -28,6 +34,8 @@ There are 2 ways you can create a user from the command line:
 python manage.py createuser --username <username> --password <password>
 ```
 
+This will create a user with the standard privileges.
+
 2. Interactively setting user's password:
 
 ```shell
@@ -36,7 +44,13 @@ python manage.py createuser --username <username>
 
 You will then be prompted to enter and confirm a password.
 
-- If you want to make the user a staff, you can append the `--is-staff` argument:
+- If you want to create a user with read only privileges, pass in the `read_only` value to the `group` arg:
+
+```shell
+python manage.py createuser --username <username> --password <password> --group read_only
+```
+
+- If you want to create a user with the highest level of permission, you can append the `--is-staff` argument:
 
 ```shell
 python manage.py createuser --username <username> --is-staff