hash.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

#
# hash_password
#
# Copyright 2010 Helsinki Institute for Information Technology
# and the authors.
#
# Authors: Jani Turunen <jani.turunen@hiit.fi>
#          Konrad Markus <konrad.markus@hiit.fi>
#

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import sys
import bcrypt

def main():
    '''
    Generate a hashed password suitable for inserting into the clients table in the database.
    Expects one argument: the plain text password.
    '''
    password = sys.argv[1]
    print bcrypt.hashpw(password, bcrypt.gensalt())

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()