diff --git a/main/forms.py b/main/forms.py
index f04a697..05f770c 100644
--- a/main/forms.py
+++ b/main/forms.py
@@ -1,8 +1,30 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.forms import PasswordChangeForm, SetPasswordForm
-class LDAPPasswordChangeForm(PasswordChangeForm):
-    # TODO: Change password here
-    pass
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import SetPasswordForm
 
+from models import *
+
+# not needed?
 class LDAPSetPasswordForm(SetPasswordForm):
-    # TODO: Set password here
+    def save(self, commit=True):
+        # Lookup the Ldap user with the identical username (1-to-1).
+        self.user = LdapUser.objects.get(username=self.user.username)
+
+        self.user.set_password(self.cleaned_data['new_password1'])
+        if commit:
+            self.user.save()
+        return self.user
+
+class LDAPPasswordChangeForm(LDAPSetPasswordForm):
     pass
+    #old_password = forms.CharField(label=_("Old password"), widget=forms.PasswordInput)
+
+    #def clean_old_password(self):
+    #    """
+    #    Validates that the old_password field is correct.
+    #    """
+    #    old_password = self.cleaned_data["old_password"]
+    #    if not self.user.check_password(old_password):
+    #        raise forms.ValidationError(_("Your old password was entered incorrectly. Please enter it again."))
+    #    return old_password
+    #
+    #PasswordChangeForm.base_fields.keyOrder = ['old_password', 'new_password1', 'new_password2']
+
diff --git a/main/models.py b/main/models.py
index 83745fc..b20fb7d 100644
--- a/main/models.py
+++ b/main/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from ldapdb.models.fields import CharField, ImageField, IntegerField, ListField
 import ldapdb.models
-
+import passwd
+from django.core.validators import MinLengthValidator
+from validators import PasswordValidator
 class LdapUser(ldapdb.models.Model):
     """
     Class for representing an LDAP user entry.
@@ -27,10 +29,21 @@ class LdapUser(ldapdb.models.Model):
     username = CharField(db_column='uid', primary_key=True)
     password = CharField(db_column='userPassword')
 
-    def set_new_password(self, new_pw):
-        import passwd
-        self.password = passwd.ldap_create(new_pw)
-        self.save()
+    def set_password(self, raw_password):
+        if raw_password is None:
+            self.password = "!"
+        else:
+            # Validation here?
+            MinLengthValidator(8)(raw_password)
+            PasswordValidator(raw_password)
+            self.password = passwd.ldap_create(raw_password)
+            self.save()
+
+    def check_password(self, raw_password):
+        """
+        Returns a boolean of whether the raw_password was correct.
+        """
+        return passwd.ldap_validate(raw_password, self.password)
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.username
diff --git a/main/passwd.py b/main/passwd.py
index 6fd6cff..8287416 100644
--- a/main/passwd.py
+++ b/main/passwd.py
@@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ from base64 import decodestring as decode
 #  - http://www.openldap.org/faq/data/cache/347.html
 #  - http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/security.html
 
-def ldap_create(password, hash_type='ssha'):
+def ldap_create(raw_password, hash_type='ssha'):
     # Generate a salted SHA hash
     salt = os.urandom(4)
-    h = hashlib.sha1(password)
+    h = hashlib.sha1(raw_password)
     h.update(salt)
     return "{SSHA}" + encode(h.digest() + salt)[:-1]
 
-def ldap_validate(challenge_password, password):
+def ldap_validate(raw_password, challenge_password):
     # challenge_password is hash from db
-    # password is the cleartext password.
+    # raw_password is the cleartext password.
     challenge_bytes = decode(challenge_password[6:])
     digest = challenge_bytes[:20]
     salt = challenge_bytes[20:]
-    hr = hashlib.sha1(password)
+    hr = hashlib.sha1(raw_password)
     hr.update(salt)
     return digest == hr.digest()
diff --git a/main/validators.py b/main/validators.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcdc6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/validators.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
+import re
+
+# Passwords should not contain "
+password_re = re.compile(r'(?<!\")', re.IGNORECASE)
+PasswordValidator = RegexValidator(password_re, u'Enter a valid password')
diff --git a/templates/public/index.html b/templates/public/index.html
index 66438b1..3d83773 100644
--- a/templates/public/index.html
+++ b/templates/public/index.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
 {% block content %}
-<a href="{% url main.views.profile %}">{{request.user}}s profile</a>
+<a href="{% url main.views.profile %}">{{user}}s profile</a>
 <a href="{% url django.contrib.auth.views.password_reset %}">Forgot password?</a>
 {% endblock %}