Rails: (Devise) Two different methods for new users? -

i have rails 3 app authentication setup using devise registerable module enabled.

i want have new users sign using our outside register form use full devise registerable module, happening now.

however, want admin user able create new users directly, bypassing (i think) devise's registerable module.

• with registerable disabled, standard userscontroller works want admin user, other rail scaffold. however, new users can't register on own.

• with registerable enabled, standard userscontroller never called new user action (calling devise::registrationscontroller instead), , crud actions don't seem work @ (i dumped onto root page no new user created , no flash message). here's log request:

  started post "/users" 127.0.0.1 @ 2010-12-20 11:49:31 -0500    processing devise::registrationscontroller#create html    parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"18697r4synnwhfmtkdcwcdyphjos+68rpfsaykvjo8y=", "user"=>{"email"=>"test@test.com", "password"=>"[filtered]", "password_confirmation"=>"[filtered]", "role"=>"manager"}, "commit"=>"create user"}    sql (0.9ms)   ...  user load (0.6ms)  select "users".* "users" ("users"."id" = 2) limit 1    sql (0.9ms)   ...  redirected http://test-app.local/ completed 302 found in 192ms 

... able register new users through outside form.

how can both of these methods work together, such admin user can manually create new users and guest users can register on own?

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i have users controller setup standard crud:

class userscontroller < applicationcontroller   load_and_authorize_resource    def index     @users = user.where("id not in (?)", current_user.id) # don't display current user in users list; go account management edit current user details   end    def new     @user = user.new   end    def create     @user = user.new(params[:user])     if @user.save       flash[:notice] = "#{ @user.email } created."       redirect_to users_path     else       render :action => 'new'     end   end    def edit   end    def update     params[:user].delete(:password) if params[:user][:password].blank?     params[:user].delete(:password_confirmation) if params[:user][:password].blank? , params[:user][:password_confirmation].blank?     if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])       flash[:notice] = "successfully updated user."       redirect_to users_path     else       render :action => 'edit'     end   end    def delete   end    def destroy     redirect_to users_path , return if params[:cancel]     if @user.destroy       flash[:notice] = "#{ @user.email } deleted."       redirect_to users_path     end   end  end 

and routes setup follows:

testapp::application.routes.draw    devise_for :users    devise_scope :user     "/login", :to => "devise/sessions#new", :as => :new_user_session     "/logout", :to => "devise/sessions#destroy", :as => :destroy_user_session   end    resources :users     :delete, :on => :member   end    authenticate :user     root :to => "application#index"   end   root :to => "devise/session#new"  end 

you should create separate controller manage users. create administrator users , give them special namespace work in. let me illustrate that:

config/routes.rb

devise :users # allow users register here  namespace :admin   resources :users # have admin manage them here. end