mkDjangoPasswd.py

#!/bin/env python
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#    A super simple snippet to create sha1 django user passwords
#    
#    sample output:
#    sha1$87c67$913c8d7c7f2596974c94f835c6d0f86b5b492dbf

import hashlib
import random

s1 = hashlib.sha1()
s2 = hashlib.sha1()

raw = raw_input('pass to hash: ')

s1.update(str(random.random()))
salt = s1.hexdigest()[:5]

s2.update(salt+raw)
hsh = s2.hexdigest()

algo = 'sha1'

print "%s$%s$%s" % (algo, salt, hsh)