Thanks for the answers, that was pretty much what I was expecting.  I 
haven't had a chance to test this yet but do you think it'll be as simple 
as just comparing the value with the previous value, seeing as the password 
field is (I assume) a bit different with it storing the hash rather than 
the plain text.

On Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:23:15 UTC+1, Roarster wrote:
>
> I'm running a Django 1.4 site and I have some operations I want to perform 
> if a user changes their password.  I'm using the standard contrib.auth user 
> accounts with the normal password_change view and I'm not sure if I should 
> somehow hook into this view or if I should use a signal on post_save for 
> the user.  If I do use the signal, is it possible to tell when the password 
> has been changed?  I do feel that if I can use a signal this might be the 
> best approach since it would handle any other password change mechanisms 
> that I might add later without any extra work.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to do this?
>

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