How to set the current user on the model instance using newforms admin. {{{ #!python # app/models.py from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import User class Post(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User) content = models.TextField() class Comment(models.Model): post = models.ForeignKey(Post) user = models.ForeignKey(User) content = models.TextField() # app/admin.py from app.models import Post, Comment from django.contrib import admin class CommentInline(admin.TabularInline): model = Comment fields = ('content',) class PostModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): fields= ('content',) inlines = [CommentInline] def save_form(self, request, form, change): instance = form.save(commit=False) instance.user = request.user return instance def save_formset(self, request, form, formset, change): instances = formset.save(commit=False) def set_user(instance): instance.user = request.user if formset.__name__ == 'CommentInline': return map(set_user, instances) else: return instances admin.site.register(Post, PostModelAdmin) }}}