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+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Huawei Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Allows to change default password through interaction or command line arguments
+
+
+from getpass import getpass
+import pwd
+import crypt
+import sys
+
+arguments = sys.argv
+path = ""
+password = ""
+
+#if the arguments are inserted, the interaction is not used; the arguments are the local.conf path and new password; arguments[0] is the python script name
+if(len(arguments) == 3):  
+  path = arguments[1]
+  password = arguments[2]
+else:  
+  print('Insert path to your local.conf file: ')
+  path = input()
+  print('Insert new password: ')
+  password = getpass()
+
+#SHA512 encryption of the password  
+crypt.METHOD_SHA512 
+password = crypt.crypt(password) 
+
+#insert slash before each $ character in the encrypted password, otherwise it won't work
+single_slash2 = "\ "[0]
+
+addSlash = []
+pushedRight = 0
+for i in range(0,len(password)):
+  if(password[i] == '$'):
+    addSlash.append(i)
+
+for pos in addSlash:
+  password = password[:pos + pushedRight] + single_slash2 + password[pos + pushedRight:]
+  pushedRight = pushedRight + 1
+        
+#read the file and replace the username and password with the newly inserted values        
+alreadyExistPassword = 0        
+with open(path,'r' ) as file:
+  data = file.readlines()
+index = 0    
+for line in data:
+  correctLinePassword = 0
+  for word in line.split(" "):
+    if(word == 'DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD'):
+           correctLinePassword = 1
+           alreadyExistPassword = 1
+           break            
+
+  if(correctLinePassword == 1):
+    data[index] = 'DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD ?= '+ '"' +password +'"'+ '\n'
+    
+  index = index + 1
+
+if(alreadyExistPassword == 0):
+  data.append('DEFAULT_USER_PASSWORD ?= '+ '"' +password +'"'+ '\n')   
+
+#apply changes to local.conf file    
+with open(path, 'w') as file:
+    file.writelines(data)
+