get_or_make_passwd.py will generate a random password and save it in a text...

get_or_make_passwd.py will generate a random password and save it in a text file, use it to make MySQL/postgres passwords or munge keys etc etc

get_or_make_passwd.py

+#!/usr/bin/python
+import random
+import sys
+import string
+def get_passwd(f,passname):
+    f.seek(0)
+    for line in f.readlines():
+        (key,passwd)=line.split(':')
+        if key==passname:
+            f.close()
+            return passwd.rstrip()
+    return None
+
+def mk_passwd(f,passname):
+    passwd=''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits+string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(16))
+    f.write("%s:%s\n"%(passname,passwd))
+    return passwd
+   
+try:
+    f=open('../passwd.txt','at+')
+except:
+    f=open('./passwd.txt','at+')
+passname = sys.argv[1]
+passwd = get_passwd(f,passname)
+if passwd == None:
+    passwd = mk_passwd(f,passname)
+print passwd
+f.close()