id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
10855	tutorial doesn't give sufficient warning about superuser account or there should be a default login	cwolf127	nobody	"After a few day's break, I resumed the tutorial, starting on the second
installment at:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial02/

Whereupon, I run into this instruction:
{{{
    ""Now, try logging in. (You created a superuser account in the first part of this tutorial, remember?)""
}}}

Well, no, I don't - yes it's my fault for not writing it down, but this is just a
tutorial, so why doesn't the admin app have a default login?

Going back to tutorial-1, the only thing it says about the superuser account
is this:
{{{

    ""...and you'll get a prompt asking you if you'd like to create a superuser account for the authentication system. Go ahead and do that.""
}}}

I think there should be a warning for absent-minded programmers that there IS NO WAY to 
recover the superuser password.

This FAQ did not help for this issue:

[http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/admin/#i-can-t-log-in-when-i-enter-a-valid-username-and-password-it-brings-up-the-login-page-again-with-a-please-enter-a-correct-username-and-password-error FAQ: Invalid Login]

I tried poking around in the database for this information, and fortunately, (from a
security perspective) found there's no way to get the superuser password.

The only recourse I can see is to nuke the tutorial site and start all over again 
from the beginning.
"		closed	Documentation	dev		fixed	superuser admin		Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0