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+from optparse import make_option
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from student.models import CourseEnrollment, Registration
+from student.views import _do_create_account
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = """
+    This command creates and registers a user in a given course
+    as "audit", "verified" or "honor".
+
+    example:
+        # Enroll a user test@example.com into the demo course
+        # The username and name will default to "test"
+        manage.py ... create_user -e test@example.com -p insecure -c edX/Open_DemoX/edx_demo_course -m verified
+    """
+
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('-m', '--mode',
+                    metavar='ENROLLMENT_MODE',
+                    dest='mode',
+                    default='honor',
+                    choices=('audit', 'verified', 'honor'),
+                    help='Enrollment type for user for a specific course'),
+        make_option('-u', '--username',
+                    metavar='USERNAME',
+                    dest='username',
+                    default=None,
+                    help='Username, defaults to "user" in the email'),
+        make_option('-n', '--name',
+                    metavar='NAME',
+                    dest='name',
+                    default=None,
+                    help='Name, defaults to "user" in the email'),
+        make_option('-p', '--password',
+                    metavar='NAME',
+                    dest='password',
+                    default=None,
+                    help='Password for user'),
+        make_option('-e', '--email',
+                    metavar='EMAIL',
+                    dest='email',
+                    default=None,
+                    help='Email for user'),
+        make_option('-c', '--course',
+                    metavar='COURSE_ID',
+                    dest='course',
+                    default=None,
+                    help='course to enroll the user in (optional)'),
+        make_option('-s', '--staff',
+                    metavar='COURSE_ID',
+                    dest='staff',
+                    default=False,
+                    action='store_true',
+                    help='give user the staff bit'),
+    )
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        username = options['username']
+        name = options['name']
+        if not username:
+            username = options['email'].split('@')[0]
+        if not name:
+            name = options['email'].split('@')[0]
+
+        post_data = {
+            'username': username,
+            'email': options['email'],
+            'password': options['password'],
+            'name': name,
+            'honor_code': u'true',
+            'terms_of_service': u'true',
+        }
+        create_account = _do_create_account(post_data)
+        if isinstance(create_account, tuple):
+            user = create_account[0]
+            if options['staff']:
+                user.is_staff = True
+                user.save()
+            reg = Registration.objects.get(user=user)
+            reg.activate()
+            reg.save()
+        else:
+            print create_account
+            user = User.objects.get(email=options['email'])
+        if options['course']:
+            CourseEnrollment.enroll(user, options['course'], mode=options['mode'])