Index: lnt/lnttool/create.py
===================================================================
--- lnt/lnttool/create.py
+++ lnt/lnttool/create.py
@@ -114,13 +114,12 @@
 LNT configuration.
     """
     from .common import init_logger
-    import hashlib
+    import binascii
     import lnt.server.db.migrate
     import lnt.server.db.util
     import lnt.testing
     import logging
     import os
-    import random
     import sys
 
     init_logger(logging.INFO if show_sql else logging.WARNING,
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@
     wsgi_path = os.path.join(basepath, wsgi)
     schemas_path = os.path.join(basepath, "schemas")
     secret_key = (secret_key or
-                  hashlib.sha1(str(random.getrandbits(256))).hexdigest())
+                  binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(20)).decode('ascii'))
 
     os.mkdir(instance_path)
     os.mkdir(tmp_path)