syncdb fails with no such table: auth_permission

[tapetersen]

No idea why, will check later.

Syncing...
Creating tables ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./manage.py", line 9, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 422, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 361, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
self.execute(_args, *_options.dict)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 222, in execute
output = self.handle(_args, *_options)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 355, in handle
return self.handle_noargs(**options)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/south/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 90, in handle_noargs
syncdb.Command().execute(**options)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 222, in execute
output = self.handle(_args, _options)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 355, in handle
return self.handle_noargs(_options)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 109, in handle_noargs
emit_post_sync_signal(created_models, verbosity, interactive, db)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 189, in emit_post_sync_signal
interactive=interactive, db=db)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py", line 172, in send
response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, *_named)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/init.py", line 46, in create_permissions
"content_type", "codename"
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 117, in _result_iter
self._fill_cache()
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 857, in _fill_cache
self._result_cache.append(self._iter.next())
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1046, in iterator
for row in self.query.get_compiler(self.db).results_iter():
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 701, in results_iter
for rows in self.execute_sql(MULTI):
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 756, in execute_sql
cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/util.py", line 36, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/home/tapetersen/envs/aksite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 305, in execute
return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
django.db.utils.DatabaseError: no such table: auth_permission

[SamPersson]

Using migrations for auth is a little weird, but this exception can be ignored. Just run:
manage.py syncdb
manage.py migrate
manage.py syncdb

[tsitra]

I had an issue like this where I had made multiple modifications (especially during development) to the User class (OneToOne/ForeignKeys) which ended up creating extra migrations in the virtual environment's site-packages/django/contrib/auth/migrations folder.

Creating a new virtual environment, adding the requirements from scratch and starting over with my now "fixed" User model seems to be working without migration or syncdb issues.

It looks like OP was also in a virtualenv which might be related.