from django.db.models import signals from django import VERSION def create_perm(app, created_models, verbosity, db, **kwargs): """ Creates a fake content type and permission to be able to check for permissions """ from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType if ContentType._meta.installed and Permission._meta.installed: extra = {} if VERSION >= (1, 8) else {'name': 'config'} content_type, created = ContentType.objects.get_or_create( app_label='constance', model='config', **extra) permission, created = Permission.objects.get_or_create( name='Can change config', content_type=content_type, codename='change_config') signals.post_syncdb.connect(create_perm, dispatch_uid="constance.create_perm")