Adding new custom permissions in Django
South does not track django.contrib.auth permissions. See ticket #211 for more information.
One of the comments on the ticket suggests that using the --all option on syncdb may solve the problem.
If you want "manage.py migrate" to do everything (without calling syncdb --all). You need to create new permissions with a migration:
user@host> manage.py datamigration myapp add_perm_foo --freeze=contenttypes --freeze=authEdit the created file:
class Migration(DataMigration): def forwards(self, orm): "Write your forwards methods here." ct, created = orm['contenttypes.ContentType'].objects.get_or_create( model='mymodel', app_label='myapp') # model must be lowercase! perm, created = orm['auth.permission'].objects.get_or_create( content_type=ct, codename='mymodel_foo', defaults=dict(name=u'Verbose Name'))