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Encrypt password for alfresco-global.properties
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encrypt-md4.py
# Taken from http://www.giuseppeurso.eu/en/alfresco-tips-and-tricks-1-reset-the-admin-password/
import sys
import hashlib
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
passwd = sys.argv[1]
print "Encrypting password '%s'" % passwd
passwd.encode('utf-16le')
print "Encryped password is '%s'" % hashlib.new('md4', passwd.encode('utf-16le')).hexdigest()
else:
print "Usage: python encrypt-md4.py my_password"
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