diff --git a/contrib/new-view-auth.py b/contrib/new-view-auth.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import getpass
+import sys
+try:
+    from hashlib import md5
+except ImportError:
+    from md5 import md5
+
+def digest_password(realm, username, password):
+    """ construct a hash for HTTP digest authentication """
+    return md5("%s:%s:%s" % (username, realm, password)).hexdigest()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print "Usage: %s username" % sys.argv[0]
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    username = sys.argv[1]
+    realm = 'owntracks-recorder'
+
+    pw1 = getpass.getpass("Enter password for user %s: " % username)
+    pw2 = getpass.getpass("Re-enter password: ")
+
+    if pw1 != pw2:
+        print "Passwords don't match"
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+    print '"auth" : [ "%s" ]' % (digest_password(realm, username, pw1))