Selenium and username/password logins

I'm heading up an effort at my current company to write integration (browser) tests. We're using Selenium as our integration testing tool.

Here's the problem: many tests require one to log in as an administrator. But it would be crazy to check into source code an administrator username and password.

Here's a write-up of what was suggested to me

Sebastian Bergmann on PHPUnit Best Practices

A good overview:

Introduction to PHPUnit & Best Practices

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More in-depth:

PHPUnit Best Practices

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Interesting discussion on how Facebook does 'Dark Launching' and keeps 'Nuclear Options' available

https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=96390263919