#!/usr/bin/python import sys group_name = sys.argv[1] permission = sys.argv[2] # as codename is not unique, we need to give the application name app = '' if len(sys.argv) > 3: app = sys.argv[3] from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission group = Group.objects.get(name=group_name) permissions = Permission.objects.filter(codename=permission) if app: permissions = permissions.filter(content_type__app_label__exact=app) if len(permissions) > 1: print "Error, result not unique, please give the application among :" print ' '.join([p.content_type.app_label for p in permissions]) sys.exit(1) elif len(permissions) < 1: print "Error, wrong codename" sys.exit(1) group.permissions.add(permissions[0]) group.save()