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+import sys
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
+from django.db.utils import IntegrityError
+from django.utils.timezone import now
+from django.core import validators
+
+from zephyr.models import Realm, do_create_user
+from zephyr.views import do_send_message
+from zephyr.lib.initial_password import initial_password
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Create the specified user with a default initial password."
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        try:
+            email, full_name = args
+            try:
+                validators.validate_email(email)
+            except ValidationError:
+                raise CommandError("Invalid email address.")
+        except ValueError:
+            if len(args) != 0:
+                raise CommandError("Either specify an email and full name" + \
+                        "as two parameters, or specify no parameters for" + \
+                        "interactive user creation.")
+                return 1
+            else:
+                while True:
+                    email = raw_input("Email: ")
+                    try:
+                        validators.validate_email(email)
+                        break
+                    except ValidationError:
+                        print >> sys.stderr, "Invalid email address."
+                full_name = raw_input("Full name: ")
+
+        try:
+            realm = Realm.objects.get(domain=email.split('@')[-1])
+        except Realm.DoesNotExist:
+            raise CommandError("Realm does not exist.")
+
+        try:
+            do_create_user(email, initial_password(email), realm, full_name,
+                    email.split('@')[0])
+        except IntegrityError:
+            raise CommandError("User already exists.")