"""

        if not cur_user:

            cur_user = getattr(get_current_authuser(), 'username', None)

        from kallithea.lib.auth import get_crypt_password, check_password

        from kallithea.lib.hooks import log_create_user, \

            check_allowed_create_user

        user_data = {

            'username': username, 'password': password,

            'email': email, 'firstname': firstname, 'lastname': lastname,

            'active': active, 'admin': admin

        }

        # raises UserCreationError if it's not allowed

        check_allowed_create_user(user_data, cur_user)

        log.debug('Checking for %s account in Kallithea database', username)

        user = User.get_by_username(username, case_insensitive=True)

        if user is None:

            log.debug('creating new user %s', username)

            new_user = User()

            edit = False

        else:

            log.debug('updating user %s', username)

            new_user = user

            edit = True

        try:

            new_user.username = username

            new_user.admin = admin

            new_user.email = email

            new_user.active = active

            new_user.extern_name = safe_str(extern_name) \

                if extern_name else None

            new_user.extern_type = safe_str(extern_type) \

                if extern_type else None

            new_user.name = firstname

            new_user.lastname = lastname

            if not edit:

                new_user.api_key = generate_api_key()

            # set password only if creating an user or password is changed

            password_change = new_user.password and \

                not check_password(password, new_user.password)

            if not edit or password_change:

                reason = 'new password' if edit else 'new user'

                log.debug('Updating password reason=>%s', reason)

                new_user.password = get_crypt_password(password) \

            self.sa.add(new_user)

            if not edit:

                log_create_user(new_user.get_dict(), cur_user)

            return new_user

        except (DatabaseError,):

            log.error(traceback.format_exc())

            raise

    def create_registration(self, form_data):

        from kallithea.model.notification import NotificationModel

        import kallithea.lib.helpers as h

        form_data['admin'] = False

        form_data['extern_name'] = EXTERN_TYPE_INTERNAL

        form_data['extern_type'] = EXTERN_TYPE_INTERNAL

        new_user = self.create(form_data)

        self.sa.add(new_user)

        self.sa.flush()

        # notification to admins

        subject = _('New user registration')

        body = (

            u'New user registration\n'

            '---------------------\n'

            '- Username: {user.username}\n'

            '- Full Name: {user.full_name}\n'

            '- Email: {user.email}\n'

            ).format(user=new_user)

        edit_url = h.canonical_url('edit_user', id=new_user.user_id)

        email_kwargs = {

            'registered_user_url': edit_url,

            'new_username': new_user.username,

            'new_email': new_user.email,

            'new_full_name': new_user.full_name}

        NotificationModel().create(created_by=new_user, subject=subject,

                                   body=body, recipients=None,

                                   type_=Notification.TYPE_REGISTRATION,

                                   email_kwargs=email_kwargs)

    def update(self, user_id, form_data, skip_attrs=None):

        from kallithea.lib.auth import get_crypt_password

        skip_attrs = skip_attrs or []

        user = self.get(user_id, cache=False)

        if user.username == User.DEFAULT_USER:

            raise DefaultUserException(