diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/Password.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/Password.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8f1ff13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/Password.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+//
+// $Id: Password.java,v 1.1 2004/01/31 06:24:01 mdb Exp $
+
+package com.samskivert.servlet.user;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an encrypted password. Currently only used when creating
+ * user accounts.
+ */
+public class Password
+{
+    /**
+     * Creates a password from the supplied username and (unencrypted)
+     * password.
+     */
+    public Password (String username, String password)
+    {
+        _encrypted = UserUtil.encryptPassword(username, password);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a password directly from the encrypted text. This text
+     * <em>must</em> have been created using {@link
+     * UserUtil#encryptPassword} or via the same algorithm.
+     */
+    public Password (String encrypted)
+    {
+        _encrypted = encrypted;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the encrypted password text.
+     */
+    public String getEncrypted ()
+    {
+        return _encrypted;
+    }
+
+    protected String _encrypted;
+}
diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/UserRepository.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/UserRepository.java
index 7054b069..a2132d28 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/UserRepository.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/servlet/user/UserRepository.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: UserRepository.java,v 1.37 2003/12/15 23:12:47 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: UserRepository.java,v 1.38 2004/01/31 06:24:01 mdb Exp $
 //
 // samskivert library - useful routines for java programs
 // Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Bayne
@@ -116,6 +116,19 @@ public class UserRepository extends JORARepository
                            String email, int siteId)
 	throws InvalidUsernameException, UserExistsException,
         PersistenceException
+    {
+        return createUser(username, new Password(username, password),
+                          realname, email, siteId);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Like {@link #createUser(String,String,String,String,int)} except
+     * that the supplied password has already been encrypted.
+     */
+    public int createUser (String username, Password password, String realname,
+                           String email, int siteId)
+	throws InvalidUsernameException, UserExistsException,
+        PersistenceException
     {
 	// create a new user object...
         User user = new User();
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@ public class UserRepository extends JORARepository
      * in preparation for inserting the record into the database for the
      * first time.
      */
-    protected void populateUser (User user, String username, String password,
+    protected void populateUser (User user, String username, Password password,
                                  String realname, String email, int siteId)
         throws InvalidUsernameException
     {
@@ -146,7 +159,7 @@ public class UserRepository extends JORARepository
 	}
 
 	user.username = username;
-	user.password = UserUtil.encryptPassword(username, password, true);
+	user.password = password.getEncrypted();
 	user.realname = realname;
 	user.email = email;
 	user.created = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());