Special case for creating a super user to make it a little cleaner

docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb-tika.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # - Run 'docker compose pull'.
 # - Run 'docker compose up -d'.
 # - Wait until the webserver has completed startup
-# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser' to create a user.
+# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser' to create a user.
 
 #
 # For more extensive installation and update instructions, refer to the

docker/compose/docker-compose.mariadb.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # - Run 'docker compose pull'.
 # - Run 'docker compose up -d'.
 # - Wait until the webserver has completed startup
-# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser' to create a user.
+# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser' to create a user.
 #
 # For more extensive installation and update instructions, refer to the
 # documentation.

docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres-tika.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # - Run 'docker compose pull'.
 # - Run 'docker compose up -d'.
 # - Wait until the webserver has completed startup
-# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser' to create a user.
+# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser' to create a user.
 #
 # For more extensive installation and update instructions, refer to the
 # documentation.

docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # - Run 'docker compose pull'.
 # - Run 'docker compose up -d'.
 # - Wait until the webserver has completed startup
-# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser' to create a user.
+# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser' to create a user.
 #
 # For more extensive installation and update instructions, refer to the
 # documentation.

docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite-tika.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # - Run 'docker compose pull'.
 # - Run 'docker compose up -d'.
 # - Wait until the webserver has completed startup
-# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser' to create a user.
+# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser' to create a user.
 #
 # For more extensive installation and update instructions, refer to the
 # documentation.

docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # - Run 'docker compose pull'.
 # - Run 'docker compose up -d'.
 # - Wait until the webserver has completed startup
-# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser' to create a user.
+# - Run 'docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser' to create a user.
 #
 # For more extensive installation and update instructions, refer to the
 # documentation.

docker/install_management_commands.sh

@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ for command in decrypt_documents \
 	document_fuzzy_match \
 	manage_superuser \
 	convert_mariadb_uuid \
-	prune_audit_logs;
+	prune_audit_logs \
+	createsuperuser;
 do
 	echo "installing $command..."
 	sed "s/management_command/$command/g" management_script.sh >"$PWD/rootfs/usr/local/bin/$command"
-	chmod +x "$PWD/rootfs/usr/local/bin/$command"
+	chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx "$PWD/rootfs/usr/local/bin/$command"
 done

docker/rootfs/usr/local/bin/createsuperuser

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/command/with-contenv /usr/bin/bash
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+set -e
+
+cd "${PAPERLESS_SRC_DIR}"
+
+if [[ $(id -u) == 0 ]]; then
+	s6-setuidgid paperless python3 manage.py createsuperuser "$@"
+elif [[ $(id -un) == "paperless" ]]; then
+	python3 manage.py createsuperuser "$@"
+else
+	echo "Unknown user."
+fi

docs/setup.md

@@ -143,13 +143,13 @@ account. The script essentially automatically performs the steps described in [D
     execute the following command:
 
     ```shell-session
-    docker compose exec webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser
+    docker compose exec webserver createsuperuser
     ```
 
     or using docker exec from within the container:
 
     ```shell-session
-    ./manage.py createsuperuser
+    createsuperuser
     ```
 
     This will guide you through the superuser setup.

install-paperless-ngx.sh

@@ -402,6 +402,6 @@ if [ "$DATABASE_BACKEND" == "postgres" ] || [ "$DATABASE_BACKEND" == "mariadb" ]
 	docker compose stop
 fi
 
-docker compose run --rm -e DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD="$PASSWORD" webserver ./manage.py createsuperuser --noinput --username "$USERNAME" --email "$EMAIL"
+docker compose run --rm -e DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD="$PASSWORD" webserver createsuperuser --noinput --username "$USERNAME" --email "$EMAIL"
 
 docker compose up --detach