Re: password field showing hashed value on form value update

2013-09-18 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Sivaram R wrote: > Karkar, > >I am not getting your point.I am using django default user model,my > requirement is,after the user successfully login,their is a page called > update user profile,their i am showing first name,last name,email are in > update mod

Re: password field showing hashed value on form value update

2013-09-18 Thread Sivaram R
Karkar, I am not getting your point.I am using django default user model,my requirement is,after the user successfully login,their is a page called update user profile,their i am showing first name,last name,email are in update mode but password is showing the hashed value and not the origin

Re: password field showing hashed value on form value update

2013-09-18 Thread kakararunachalservice
R u looking at the password from the admin? Sivaram R wrote: I have views.py to show the form instance and update the instance. On edit the form data,all other field are showing the correct value,password field is showing the entire hashed value from database and not the entered password. I

Re: password field showing hashed value on form value update

2013-09-18 Thread C. Kirby
Django doesn't store the original password, that would be a huge security hole. It only has the hashed password available. On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 10:10:02 AM UTC-5, Sivaram R wrote: > > I have views.py to show the form instance and update the instance. > > On edit the form data,all othe

Re: password field showing hashed value on form value update

2013-09-18 Thread Bill Freeman
That is a bad idea. It leaves your users vulnerable to a server or database or database backup compromise. The design is that if your server/database doesn't know the password, it can't give it up. If you truly want to store passwords in the clear, you will have to re-implement the authenticatio