diff --git a/generate_password.sh b/generate_password.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+pw1=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+pw2=$(</dev/urandom tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 28)
+
+sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_ROOT/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_ROOT=${pw1}" nextcloud.conf
+sed -i "/^NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_PASSWORD/c\\\NEXTCLOUD_DATABASE_PASSWORD=${pw2}" nextcloud.conf