--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/web/lib/django_extensions/management/commands/set_fake_passwords.py	Wed Jan 20 12:37:40 2010 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+"""
+set_fake_passwords.py 
+
+    Reset all user passwords to a common value. Useful for testing in a 
+    development environment. As such, this command is only available when
+    setting.DEBUG is True.
+
+"""
+from optparse import make_option
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand, CommandError
+
+DEFAULT_FAKE_PASSWORD = 'password'
+
+class Command(NoArgsCommand):
+    option_list = NoArgsCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('--prompt', dest='prompt_passwd', default=False, action='store_true',
+            help='Prompts for the new password to apply to all users'),
+        make_option('--password', dest='default_passwd', default=DEFAULT_FAKE_PASSWORD,
+            help='Use this as default password.'),
+    )
+    help = 'DEBUG only: sets all user passwords to a common value ("%s" by default)' % (DEFAULT_FAKE_PASSWORD, )
+    requires_model_validation = False
+
+    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
+        if not settings.DEBUG:
+            raise CommandError('Only available in debug mode')
+            
+        from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+        if options.get('prompt_passwd', False):
+            from getpass import getpass
+            passwd = getpass('Password: ')
+            if not passwd:
+                raise CommandError('You must enter a valid password')
+        else:
+            passwd = options.get('default_passwd', DEFAULT_FAKE_PASSWORD)
+        
+        users = User.objects.all()
+        for user in users:
+            user.set_password(passwd)
+            user.save()
+            
+        print 'Reset %d passwords' % users.count()