How to create superuser?

I'm working my way through the tutorial (using sqlite3 for database).  I got tripped up the first time I tried syncing the database:

% python manage.py syncdb

Creating tables ...

Creating table auth_permission

Creating table auth_group_permissions

Creating table auth_group

Creating table auth_user_user_permissions

Creating table auth_user_groups

Creating table auth_user

Creating table django_content_type

Creating table django_session

Creating table django_site

You just installed Django's auth system, which means you don't have any superusers defined.

Would you like to create one now? (yes/no): yes

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>

    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line

    utility.execute()

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute

    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv

    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute

    output = self.handle(*args, **options)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle

    return self.handle_noargs(**options)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 110, in handle_noargs

    emit_post_sync_signal(created_models, verbosity, interactive, db)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 189, in emit_post_sync_signal

    interactive=interactive, db=db)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py", line 172, in send

    response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 73, in create_superuser

    call_command("createsuperuser", interactive=True, database=db)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 150, in call_command

    return klass.execute(*args, **defaults)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute

    output = self.handle(*args, **options)

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py", line 70, in handle

    default_username = get_default_username()

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 105, in get_default_username

    default_username = get_system_username()

  File "/Users/skip/django/mysite/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 85, in get_system_username

    return getpass.getuser().decode(locale.getdefaultlocale()[1])

TypeError: decode() argument 1 must be string, not None

I'm on a Mac, which has minimally broken locale support.  I went back to settings.py and set USE_L10N to False.  After that, the syncdb command worked, but I don't have a superuser.  This is giving me problems in the early part of the second section of the tutorial.  How do I create that superuser I tried to the first time I sync'd?

Thanks,

Skip Montanaro

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