generate_password

:synopsis: Generates a new password that can be used for a user password.

Introduction

Generate password is a handy command to generate a new password which can be used for a user password. This uses Python's secret module Recipes and best practices_ to generate a password.

There are two options.

You can specify the length of password with the option --length. If you don't specify --length, a default value of 16 is applied. Using --complex will add punctuation to the aphabet of characters which the password will be generated from.

Usage

Run ::

$ python manage.py generate_password [--length=<length>] [--complex]

.. _Recipes and best practices: https://docs.python.org/3/library/secrets.html#recipes-and-best-practices