id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 13503 "Documentation for ""Custom permissions"" is misleading" Daniel F Moisset nobody "The documentation at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#id2 gives an example of custom permissions. It Creates a ""USCitizen"" model, and custom permissions ""can drive"", ""can vote"", etc. These makes it look like the permissions system allows you to describe actions performed by models; when actually the permission system allows you to describe actions performed by *users* (django.contrib.auth.models.User) over other models. A more realistic (and useful) example, would be something on the lines of a model ""Article"" with permissions ""can publish"" and ""can edit title"", for example " closed Documentation 1.1 fixed Accepted 0 0 0 0 0 0