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
34429	Allow to set unusable password via admin UI	Tobias Bengfort	Fabian Braun	"Django allows to have user accounts with unusable passwords, either because authentication uses a different mechanism (e.g. LDAP) or because the User object is still needed (e.g. because it is referenced by a ForeignKey) but the user should no longer be allowed to log in.

However, this functionality is not available from the admin UI. When creating a user or changing the password I am forced to enter a password.

I propose to make the password fields optional in the Admin UI and set an unusable password if they are blank.

I am sorry if this has been discussed before. I looked before posting this but could not find anything.

[https://github.com/django/django/pull/16942 PR]"	New feature	assigned	contrib.auth	dev	Normal			Carlton Gibson Sarah Boyce	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0