1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/model.py b/model.py
index d3807d0..e0b3cd2 100644
--- a/model.py
+++ b/model.py
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 class User(dict):
-    """ Every user must have keys for a username, name, password (this
+    """ Every user must have keys for a username, name, passphrase (this
     is a md5 hash of the password), groups, and an email address.  They can be
     blank or None, but the keys must exist. """
     def __init__(self, dict=None):
-        for key in ['username', 'name', 'password', 'email']:
+        for key in ['username', 'name', 'passphrase', 'email']:
             self[key] = ''
         for key in ['groups']:
             self[key] = []
-        for key in dict:
-            self[key] = dict[key]
+        if dict:
+            for key in dict:
+                self[key] = dict[key]
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         return None