--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/accounts/__init__.py	Sat May 05 17:10:48 2012 -0500
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+import datetime
+import logging
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+
+def create_new_user(pending_user, ip=None, admin_activation=False):
+    """
+    This function contains the code to create a new user from a
+    pending user. The pending user is deleted and the new user
+    is saved. A log message is produced. If admin_activation is false,
+    then ip should be the user's IP they confirmed from, if available.
+
+    """
+    new_user = User()
+
+    new_user.username = pending_user.username
+    new_user.first_name = ''
+    new_user.last_name = ''
+    new_user.email = pending_user.email
+    new_user.password = pending_user.password     # already been hashed
+    new_user.is_staff = False
+    new_user.is_active = True
+    new_user.is_superuser = False
+    new_user.last_login = datetime.datetime.now()
+    new_user.date_joined = new_user.last_login
+
+    new_user.save()
+    pending_user.delete()
+
+    if admin_activation:
+        msg = 'Accounts registration confirmed by ADMIN for %s' % new_user.username
+    else:
+        msg = 'Accounts registration confirmed by USER for %s from %s' % (
+                new_user.username, ip)
+
+    logging.info(msg)