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