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-rwxr-xr-xshare/rpcauth/rpcauth.py15
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py b/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
index 13bef3d37a..cecc6c30a4 100755
--- a/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
+++ b/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@
import sys
import os
-from random import SystemRandom
import base64
+from binascii import hexlify
import hmac
-def generate_salt():
- # This uses os.urandom() underneath
- cryptogen = SystemRandom()
-
- # Create 16 byte hex salt
- salt_sequence = [cryptogen.randrange(256) for _ in range(16)]
- return ''.join([format(r, 'x') for r in salt_sequence])
+def generate_salt(size):
+ """Create size byte hex salt"""
+ return hexlify(os.urandom(size)).decode()
def generate_password():
"""Create 32 byte b64 password"""
@@ -32,7 +28,8 @@ def main():
username = sys.argv[1]
- salt = generate_salt()
+ # Create 16 byte hex salt
+ salt = generate_salt(16)
if len(sys.argv) > 2:
password = sys.argv[2]
else: