def encode(self, password, salt):
    assert password
    assert salt and '$' not in salt
    hash = hashlib.sha512(salt + password).hexdigest()
    return "%s$%s$%s" % (self.algorithm, salt, hash)

class DrupalPasswordHasher(BasePasswordHasher):
    algorithm = "S"
    iter_code = 'C'
    salt_length = 8

    def encode(self, password, salt, iter_code=None):
        """The Drupal 7 method of encoding passwords"""
        if iter_code == None:
            iterations = 2 ** _ITOA64.index(self.iter_code)
        else:
            iterations = 2 ** _ITOA64.index(iter_code)
        hash = hashlib.sha512(salt + password).digest()

        for i in range(iterations):
            hash = hashlib.sha512(hash + password).digest()

        l = len(hash)

        output = ''
        i = 0

        while i < l:
            value = ord(hash[i])
            i = i + 1

            output += _ITOA64[value & 0x3f]
            if i < l:
                value |= ord(hash[i]) << 8

            output += _ITOA64[(value >> 6) & 0x3f]
            if i >= l:
                break
            i += 1

            if i < l:
                value |= ord(hash[i]) << 16

            output += _ITOA64[(value >> 12) & 0x3f]
            if i >= l:
                break
            i += 1

            output += _ITOA64[(value >> 18) & 0x3f]

        longhashed = "%s$%s%s%s" % (self.algorithm, iter_code,
                                    salt, output)
        return longhashed[:54]

    def verify(self, password, encoded):
        hash = encoded.split("$")[1]
        iter_code = hash[0]
        salt = hash[1:1 + self.salt_length]
        return encoded == self.encode(password, salt, iter_code)

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

tree = ET.parse('/PATH/TO/Users.xml')
root = tree.getroot()

for row in root:
    user_dict = {}
    for field in row:
        user_dict[field.attrib['name']] = field.text
    user = User.objects.create_user(user_dict['name'], user_dict['mail'])
    if user_dict['pass'][0] == '$':
        user_dict['pass'] = user_dict['pass'][1:]
    user.password = user_dict['pass']
    user.save()