When ssh relentlessly keeps asking for password

Check if your from and to home directories plus ssh directory have the correct permissions. All the details here -

http://www.dbvisit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153

Using python shell for django project

If you want to test django code in python shell but are getting error messages regarding environment variables not set; set them by using that project's manage script.

python manage.py shell

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