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reset django password

Author:
hugogee
Posted:
August 24, 2011
Language:
Python
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Score:
-4 (after 4 ratings)

Reset lost django password without the use of sql.

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# Credit goes to colewhitelaw.com for most of this solution.
# start an interactive shell-this assumes you are in the right directory
python manage.py shell

>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User

# Grab all users and output
>>> userlist = User.objects.all()
>>> userlist
[< User:yourusername >]

# Refer to your required user by index and set new password
>>> userlist[0].set_password('newpasswd')

# Then save it
>>> userlist[0].save()

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Comments

bartTC (on August 24, 2011):

Better get the user directly: 

User.objects.get(username='root')

or just use whats already built-in:

manage.py changepassword [username]

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