diff -r ebaad720f88b -r 526ebd3988b0 web/lib/django_extensions/management/commands/passwd.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/web/lib/django_extensions/management/commands/passwd.py	Wed Jan 20 12:37:40 2010 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+import getpass
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Clone of the UNIX program ``passwd'', for django.contrib.auth."
+
+    requires_model_validation = False
+
+    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", u.username
+        p1 = p2 = ""
+        while "" in (p1, p2) or p1 != p2:
+            p1 = getpass.getpass()
+            p2 = getpass.getpass("Password (again): ")
+            if p1 != p2:
+                print "Passwords do not match, try again"
+            elif "" in (p1, p2):
+                raise CommandError("aborted")
+
+        u.set_password(p1)
+        u.save()
+
+        return "Password changed successfully for user", u.username