{
    my $rec = $DB->get('egroupware')
        || $DB->new_record('egroupware', {type => 'service'});

    my $pw = $rec->prop('DbPassword');

    return "" if $pw;
    if (not $pw or length($pw) < 25)
    {
      use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64);

      $pw = "not set due to error";

      if ( open( RANDOM, "/dev/urandom" ) )
      {
          my $buf;
          if ( read( RANDOM, $buf, 25 ) != 25 )
          {
              warn("Short read from /dev/random: $!");
          }
          else
          {
              $pw = encode_base64($buf);
              chomp $pw;
          }
          close RANDOM;
      }
      else
      {
          warn "Could not open /dev/urandom: $!";
      }

      $rec->set_prop('DbPassword', $pw);
    }
}