#!/usr/bin/python import base64, cracklib, string, os, sys from hashlib import sha1 # generate a htpasswd compatible sha1 digest in base64 encoding # see: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/misc/password_encryptions.html def generate_sha_base64(password): print "{SHA}" + base64.encodestring(sha1(password).digest()).rstrip('\n') if __name__ == '__main__': generate_sha_base64(sys.argv[1])