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 4923 poor wording in Authentication docs (create_user) djangotrac.20.skel@… Jacob "In the Authentication documentation under creating users there is some erroneous text: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/authentication/#id1 {{{ >>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User >>> user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'lennon@thebeatles.com', 'johnpassword') # At this point, user is a User object ready to be saved # to the database. You can continue to change its attributes # if you want to change other fields. >>> user.is_staff = True >>> user.save() }}} The fact is, at that point the User object has ALREADY BEEN SAVED. The text implies that this has not yet happened. " closed Documentation dev fixed authentication Ready for checkin 1 0 0 0 0 0