Django admin expects users' passwords to be entered as SHA-1 hashes in the format {{{[algo]$[salt]$[hexdigest]}}}. Here is a tool which automates calculating the hashes on the client side. What it does as of version 1.0 is: * searches each opened page for an {{{}}} with {{{id="id_password"}}}, {{{class="vTextField required"}}}, {{{name="password}}}, {{{size="30"}}} and {{{maxlength="128"}}}, which is how the password field is defined in Django admin * when the password field loses focus, replaces its contents with a SHA-1 salted hash as Django expects * does not modify field contents if it's already a hash You need to * use the Firefox browser * install the [http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ Greasemonkey] extension and restart Firefox * install the [http://svn.ambitone.com/ambidjangolib/js/djangopasswordhasher.user.js djangopasswordhasher.user.js] user script (click on the link: Greasemonkey should detect the script and display an "Install" button) Pros: * works on all standard Django admin sites * nothing to install on the server side Cons: * needs the extension on the browser * doesn't use a real password field ­­-- password entry is visible --- ''Note:'' Don't try to install the script using the attachments below. Use the remote link above instead. Admins should remove the attachments.