Fixed #6273 -- Added a 'changepassword' management command. Thanks to Ludvig...

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 '%s'" % 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:

                print "Passwords do not match. Please try again."

                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

Changing passwords

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Change a password with :meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User.set_password()`:

.. versionadded:: 1.2

   The ``manage.py change_password`` command was added.

: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.

You can also change a password programmatically, using

:meth:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User.set_password()`:

.. code-block:: python