Django: can't set password for superuser on command line

Question

In the Django tutorial, I'm at the part that says "You'll see a message for each database table it creates, 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'm using Django 1.2.3.

In case it's relevant, I'm using SQLite, and in the settings file under mysite, I didn't set a password because you're supposed to leave it blank for SQLite. But right now I'm setting up the superuser account in the command line and it's demanding that I set a password. And it won't let me type.

So I leave it blank, and hit enter (which does work), and it asks me to confirm my password. I hit enter again. And it tells me, "Error: Your passwords didn't match."

Is there a reason it won't let me enter any text? Is there a way to get around this? This is just a development server, so I'm OK if the solution involves not setting a password at all, but it's not letting me do that either.

OK, so I know I have to enter something non-empty. The problem is, the command line is literally not letting me type there. I hit keys and the little blinking underscore doesn't move. All it will allow me to do is hit enter while it's still blank, but then the empty passwords don't match. I want to know why it's not letting me type.

Answer 1

You are not suppose to see the password you are typing. Just type your password, repeat exactly same password when prompted and you should be ok.

Answer 2

The Django superuser password is independent of the password used to authenticate with the database server. The reason it won't let you set a non-blank password is because it's a security risk; Django doesn't care that your app will never see public use.

Answer 3

The password for the authentication module is separate from your database. You'll have to set a non-blank password for the superuser.