Trying to create an account on drupal.org

I am new to Drupal and have many questions. I would like to
post them to 
the forum on drupal.org, but I'm having trouble creating an
account there.

When I submit my new account request, I get the following
message in my 
browser (Firefox 1.5):

> Warning: Duplicate entry '' for key 3 query:
user_save INSERT INTO users (name, mail, pass, init, status,
created, uid) VALUES ('xxxxx', 'xxxexample.com',
'f33d046a04aca850ff5fb526fa81a1ba', 'xxxexample.com', 1, 1159219089, 82644) in
/var/www/drupal.org/htdocs/includes/database.mysql.inc on
line 120
> 
> Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers
already sent by (output started at
/var/www/drupal.org/htdocs/includes/database.mysql.inc:120)
in /var/www/drupal.org/htdocs/includes/common.inc on line
266

(I redacted my username and email above.)

Something seems to have gone right, because I get an email
saying "Your 
application for an account is currently pending approval.
Once it has 
been granted, you may log in to http://drupal.org/user
using the 
following username and password..." I take this to
mean that I've got a 
temporary password, but I can't use it until I am approved.
I find this 
confusing, because why bother issuing me a password if I
can't use it? 
Why not just send it with the approval message?

Also, how long does it take to get approved? I could not
find this 
information anywhere on drupal.org.

Also, how purposes of the drupal.org forum and the mailing
list differ?

Thanks,
Super G
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Benjamin Haines wrote:
> Do me a favour...
> 
> Now that the world has seen your password hash, when
you do successfully
> create an account please use a different password 
> 
> Ooh and make sure its not the password you use for
other services, 
> otherwise
> you might get a nasty suprise.
> 
> Regards, Ben
> 
> On 25/09/06, Super G <superg2000gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am new to Drupal and have many questions. I would
like to post them to
>> the forum on drupal.org, but I'm having trouble
creating an account 
>> there.
>>


Please try again, should be fixed.

Cheers,
	Gerhard
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Oops! I didn't realize that that field was the password
hash.

The hash must correspond to the automatically-generated
password, 
because users cannot set their own password until they
successful log 
in. So no security risk, but thanks for the tip.

Super G

P.S. The problem has been fixed.

Benjamin Haines wrote:
> Do me a favour...
> 
> Now that the world has seen your password hash, when
you do successfully 
> create an account please use a different password 
> 
> Ooh and make sure its not the password you use for
other services, 
> otherwise you might get a nasty suprise.
> 
> Regards, Ben
> 
> On 25/09/06, *Super G* <superg2000gmail.com

> <mailto:superg2000gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I am new to Drupal and have many questions. I would
like to post them to
>     the forum on drupal.org <http://drupal.org>, but
I'm having trouble
>     creating an account there.
> 
>     When I submit my new account request, I get the
following message in my
>     browser (Firefox 1.5):
> 
>      > Warning: Duplicate entry '' for key 3 query:
user_save INSERT
>     INTO users (name, mail, pass, init, status,
created, uid) VALUES
>     ('xxxxx', 'xxxexample.com <mailtoxxexample.com>',
>     'f33d046a04aca850ff5fb526fa81a1ba', 'xxxexample.com
>     <mailtoxxexample.com>', 1, 1159219089, 82644) in
>    
/var/www/drupal.org/htdocs/includes/database.mysql.inc on
line 120
>      >
>      > Warning: Cannot modify header information -
headers already sent
>     by (output started at
>    
/var/www/drupal.org/htdocs/includes/database.mysql.inc:120)
in
>     /var/www/drupal.org/htdocs/includes/common.inc on
line 266
> 
>     (I redacted my username and email above.)
> 
>     Something seems to have gone right, because I get
an email saying "Your
>     application for an account is currently pending
approval. Once it has
>     been granted, you may log in to http://drupal.org/user
using the
>     following username and password..." I take
this to mean that I've got a
>     temporary password, but I can't use it until I am
approved. I find this
>     confusing, because why bother issuing me a password
if I can't use it?
>     Why not just send it with the approval message?
> 
>     Also, how long does it take to get approved? I
could not find this
>     information anywhere on drupal.org <http://drupal.org>.
> 
>     Also, how purposes of the drupal.org <http://drupal.org> forum
and
>     the mailing list differ?
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Super G
>     --
>     [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/
]
> 
> 

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