From a877209c8b0c7c476ee6676c6d00c4cacdc83207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard van der Hoff Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:45:37 +0000 Subject: Password reset docs and script Replace the bash/perl gen_password script with a python one, and write a note on how to use it. --- scripts/hash_password | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100755 scripts/hash_password (limited to 'scripts/hash_password') diff --git a/scripts/hash_password b/scripts/hash_password new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..e784600989 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/hash_password @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +#!/usr/bin/env python + +import argparse +import bcrypt +import getpass + +bcrypt_rounds=12 + +def prompt_for_pass(): + password = getpass.getpass("Password: ") + + if not password: + raise Exception("Password cannot be blank.") + + confirm_password = getpass.getpass("Confirm password: ") + + if password != confirm_password: + raise Exception("Passwords do not match.") + + return password + +if __name__ == "__main__": + parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( + description="Calculate the hash of a new password, so that passwords" + " can be reset") + parser.add_argument( + "-p", "--password", + default=None, + help="New password for user. Will prompt if omitted.", + ) + + args = parser.parse_args() + password = args.password + + if not password: + password = prompt_for_pass() + + print bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt(bcrypt_rounds)) + -- cgit 1.4.1