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Cleaned up 'How do I create users without having to edit password hashes?' entry in docs/faq.txt 

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How do I create users without having to edit password hashes?
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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