diff --git a/scripts/gen_password b/scripts/gen_password
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+perl -MCrypt::Random -MCrypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt -e 'print Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt::bcrypt("secret", "\$2\$12\$" . Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt::en_base64(Crypt::Random::makerandom_octet(Length=>16)))."\n"'