Index: django/contrib/auth/management.py
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--- django/contrib/auth/management.py	(revision 6977)
+++ django/contrib/auth/management.py	(working copy)
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Creates permissions for all installed apps that need permissions.
-"""
-
-from django.dispatch import dispatcher
-from django.db.models import get_models, signals
-from django.contrib.auth import models as auth_app
-
-def _get_permission_codename(action, opts):
-    return u'%s_%s' % (action, opts.object_name.lower())
-
-def _get_all_permissions(opts):
-    "Returns (codename, name) for all permissions in the given opts."
-    perms = []
-    for action in ('add', 'change', 'delete'):
-        perms.append((_get_permission_codename(action, opts), u'Can %s %s' % (action, opts.verbose_name_raw)))
-    return perms + list(opts.permissions)
-
-def create_permissions(app, created_models, verbosity):
-    from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-    from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
-    app_models = get_models(app)
-    if not app_models:
-        return
-    for klass in app_models:
-        ctype = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(klass)
-        for codename, name in _get_all_permissions(klass._meta):
-            p, created = Permission.objects.get_or_create(codename=codename, content_type__pk=ctype.id,
-                defaults={'name': name, 'content_type': ctype})
-            if created and verbosity >= 2:
-                print "Adding permission '%s'" % p
-
-def create_superuser(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
-    from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-    from django.contrib.auth.create_superuser import createsuperuser as do_create
-    if User in created_models and kwargs.get('interactive', True):
-        msg = "\nYou just installed Django's auth system, which means you don't have " \
-                "any superusers defined.\nWould you like to create one now? (yes/no): "
-        confirm = raw_input(msg)
-        while 1:
-            if confirm not in ('yes', 'no'):
-                confirm = raw_input('Please enter either "yes" or "no": ')
-                continue
-            if confirm == 'yes':
-                do_create()
-            break
-
-dispatcher.connect(create_permissions, signal=signals.post_syncdb)
-dispatcher.connect(create_superuser, sender=auth_app, signal=signals.post_syncdb)
Index: django/contrib/auth/management/commands/__init__.py
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--- django/contrib/auth/management/commands/__init__.py	(revision 0)
+++ django/contrib/auth/management/commands/__init__.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Placeholder file to make directory a package."""
Index: django/contrib/auth/management/commands/passwd.py
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--- django/contrib/auth/management/commands/passwd.py	(revision 0)
+++ django/contrib/auth/management/commands/passwd.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+import getpass
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Clone of the UNIX program ``passwd'', 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
Index: django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py
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--- django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py	(revision 0)
+++ django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""
+Creates permissions for all installed apps that need permissions.
+"""
+
+from django.dispatch import dispatcher
+from django.db.models import get_models, signals
+from django.contrib.auth import models as auth_app
+
+def _get_permission_codename(action, opts):
+    return u'%s_%s' % (action, opts.object_name.lower())
+
+def _get_all_permissions(opts):
+    "Returns (codename, name) for all permissions in the given opts."
+    perms = []
+    for action in ('add', 'change', 'delete'):
+        perms.append((_get_permission_codename(action, opts), u'Can %s %s' % (action, opts.verbose_name_raw)))
+    return perms + list(opts.permissions)
+
+def create_permissions(app, created_models, verbosity):
+    from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
+    from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+    app_models = get_models(app)
+    if not app_models:
+        return
+    for klass in app_models:
+        ctype = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(klass)
+        for codename, name in _get_all_permissions(klass._meta):
+            p, created = Permission.objects.get_or_create(codename=codename, content_type__pk=ctype.id,
+                defaults={'name': name, 'content_type': ctype})
+            if created and verbosity >= 2:
+                print "Adding permission '%s'" % p
+
+def create_superuser(app, created_models, verbosity, **kwargs):
+    from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+    from django.contrib.auth.create_superuser import createsuperuser as do_create
+    if User in created_models and kwargs.get('interactive', True):
+        msg = "\nYou just installed Django's auth system, which means you don't have " \
+                "any superusers defined.\nWould you like to create one now? (yes/no): "
+        confirm = raw_input(msg)
+        while 1:
+            if confirm not in ('yes', 'no'):
+                confirm = raw_input('Please enter either "yes" or "no": ')
+                continue
+            if confirm == 'yes':
+                do_create()
+            break
+
+dispatcher.connect(create_permissions, signal=signals.post_syncdb)
+dispatcher.connect(create_superuser, sender=auth_app, signal=signals.post_syncdb)
