Ticket #6273: 6273_change_password_auth_command.diff

new file django/contrib/auth/management/commands/change_password.py

@@ +1 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+import getpass
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Change a user's password for django.contrib.auth."
+
+    requires_model_validation = False
+
+    def _get_pass(self, prompt="Password: "):
+        p = getpass.getpass(prompt=prompt)
+        if not p:
+            raise CommandError("aborted")
+        return p
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        if len(args) > 1:
+            raise CommandError("need exactly one or zero arguments for username")
+
+        if args:
+            username, = args
+        else:
+            username = getpass.getuser()
+
+        try:
+            u = User.objects.get(username=username)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            raise CommandError("user %s does not exist" % username)
+
+        print "Changing password for user", u.username
+        p1, p2 = 1, 2  # To make them mismatch.
+        while p1 != p2:
+            p1 = self._get_pass()
+            p2 = self._get_pass("Password (again): ")
+            if p1 != p2:
+                print "Passwords do not match, try again"
+
+        u.set_password(p1)
+        u.save()
+
+        return "Password changed successfully for user " + u.username

docs/topics/auth.txt

@@ -330 +330 @@
 directly unless you know what you're doing. This is explained in the next
 section.
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.2
+   The ``manage.py change_password`` command is new.
+
+:djadmin:`manage.py change_password <username>` offers a method of
+changing a User's password from the command line. It prompts you to
+change the password of a given user which you must enter twice. If
+they both match, the new password will be changed immediately. If you
+do not supply a user, the command will attempt to change the password
+whose username matches the current user.
+
 Passwords
 ---------