# HG changeset patch
# User Gustavo Andres Morero <gustavo@netlandish.com>
# Date 1530562833 10800
#      Mon Jul 02 17:20:33 2018 -0300
# Node ID 50e1b2bf7b42750d875be2ec49c9ab9a414b7e24
# Parent  10c3cad0bab237529ac98ee0ce3f5139ad6c2e87
fixing generate_hash method.

diff --git a/webutils/baseacct/models.py b/webutils/baseacct/models.py
--- a/webutils/baseacct/models.py
+++ b/webutils/baseacct/models.py
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
         import hashlib
         import random
 
-        salt = hashlib.sha1(str(random.random())).hexdigest()[:5]
+        salt = hashlib.sha1(
+            str(random.random()).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()[:5]
         random_string = User.objects.make_random_password()
-        return hashlib.sha1(salt + random_string).hexdigest()
+        return hashlib.sha1((salt + random_string).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
 
     def send_user_email(self, user, subject, context, template):
         send_simple_email(