rake db:seed thorwing Can't mass-assign protected attributes

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I am learning ruby on rails. I am creating a model for storing User information and when calling rake db:seed then I am getting the following error , any idea what I am missing ? ``` rake db:seed require 'digest' class User < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessor :password attr_accessible :email, :password validates :email, :uniqueness => true, :length => {:within => 5..50}, :presence => true validates :password, :confirmation => true, :length => { :within => 4..20 }, :presence => true, :if => :password_required? has_one :profile has_many :articles, :order => 'published_at DESC, title ASC', :dependent => :nullify has_many :replies, :through => :articles, :source => :comments before_save :encrypt_new_password def self.authenticate(email, password) user = find_by_email(email) return user if user && user.authenticated?(password) end def authenticated?(password) self.hashed_password == encrypt(password) end def encrypt_new_password return if password.blank? self.hashed_password = encrypt(passw…

Accepted Answer

You have to add `password_confirmation` to `attr_accessible`

```
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessor :password 
  attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation
```

and it should work.

rake db:seed thorwing Can't mass-assign protected attributes

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