From 69de69d86a2d4ee81b7f3754ce8535cd7cc2d858 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Holovaty Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 04:20:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Cleaned up 'How do I create users without having to edit password hashes?' entry in docs/faq.txt git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3521 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/faq.txt | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt index 36fb547cf1..3cd7090583 100644 --- a/docs/faq.txt +++ b/docs/faq.txt @@ -620,13 +620,10 @@ like to make should be possible by editing the stylesheet. We've got a How do I create users without having to edit password hashes? ------------------------------------------------------------- -We don't recommend you create users via the admin interface, because at the -moment it requires you to edit password hashes manually. (Passwords are hashed -using one-way hash algorithms for security; there's currently no Web interface -for changing passwords by entering the actual password rather than the hash.) +If you'd like to use the admin site to create users, upgrade to the Django +development version, where this problem was fixed on Aug. 4, 2006. -To create a user, you'll have to use the Python API. See `creating users`_ for -full info. +You can also use the Python API. See `creating users`_ for full info. .. _creating users: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/#creating-users