Using hashlib for user password

[seadoofanatic]

So I have to hash a user entered password and then write the hashed password to a file. The code I have puts the clear text password into the file not the hash.
This is my code for my function

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import hashlib   def writeHashedPswd(password):                # try:         myhash = hashlib.md5(password)         myfile = open("password.txt", "w")         myfile.write(password + '/n')         password = myhash.hexdigest()         myfile.close()                 myfile = open("password.txt", "a")         myfile.write("an error occured.")         myfile.close()

Code for program file

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import a8   password = raw_input('Enter your password: ') a8.writeHashedPswd(password)

What am I missing? Thanks!

[Gribouillis]

At line 9 you are writing the password into the file.

[seadoofanatic]

Do I need to remove line 9 then?

At line 9 you are writing the password into the file.

[wavic]

I don't know what is the purpose of this but hashing a password with md5 is dangerous. Use at least sha256. Which is not safe too. With a proper hardware is not so time-consuming to find the password.

Look at argon2id or argon2i with at least 3-5 passes.

Ah, Homework forum... Sorry!

[DeaD_EyE]

Please use pbkdf2 from hashlib.
Use as 64bit salt and a sha512 as algorithm for example. Md5 is for security a nightmare. Plase tell this your teacher. Don not use md5 to hash passwords.