#!/usr/bin/env python3 #coding: utf-8 import crypt import getpass import secrets # Better than random for security purpose import string def gen_salt(dictionnary=string.ascii_letters, length=8): return ''.join([secrets.choice(dictionnary) for _ in range(length)]) pwd = getpass.getpass("new password: ") randomsalt = gen_salt() hashed_password = crypt.crypt(pwd, '$6${}$'.format(randomsalt)) print(hashed_password)