import getpass from optparse import make_option from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS class Command(BaseCommand): option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + ( make_option('--database', action='store', dest='database', default=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, help='Specifies the database to use. Default is "default".'), ) 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.using(options.get('database')).get(username=username) except User.DoesNotExist: raise CommandError("user '%s' does not exist" % username) self.stdout.write("Changing password for user '%s'\n" % u.username) MAX_TRIES = 3 count = 0 p1, p2 = 1, 2 # To make them initially mismatch. while p1 != p2 and count < MAX_TRIES: p1 = self._get_pass() p2 = self._get_pass("Password (again): ") if p1 != p2: self.stdout.write("Passwords do not match. Please try again.\n") count = count + 1 if count == MAX_TRIES: raise CommandError("Aborting password change for user '%s' after %s attempts" % (username, count)) u.set_password(p1) u.save() return "Password changed successfully for user '%s'" % u.username