From 4348140a781e2fa6ca86beed35a98dd9d21080a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kookiejarz <mongohero@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 20:08:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update gen_random_string for all three scripts

---
 install.sh | 1 -
 update.sh  | 5 +++--
 x-ui.sh    | 5 +++--
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8b9aed57..af6b8a51 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ install_base() {
 
 gen_random_string() {
     local length="$1"
-    # openssl output base64, no need /dev/urandom + tr
     openssl rand -base64 $(( length * 2 )) \
         | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \
         | head -c "$length"
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index 5dce0ce3..9365bf8a 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ is_port_in_use() {
 
 gen_random_string() {
     local length="$1"
-    local random_string=$(LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' </dev/urandom | fold -w "$length" | head -n 1)
-    echo "$random_string"
+    openssl rand -base64 $(( length * 2 )) \
+        | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \
+        | head -c "$length"
 }
 
 install_base() {
diff --git a/x-ui.sh b/x-ui.sh
index 0a2b818b..e0b5ae65 100644
--- a/x-ui.sh
+++ b/x-ui.sh
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ reset_user() {
 
 gen_random_string() {
     local length="$1"
-    local random_string=$(LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' </dev/urandom | fold -w "$length" | head -n 1)
-    echo "$random_string"
+    openssl rand -base64 $(( length * 2 )) \
+        | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' \
+        | head -c "$length"
 }
 
 reset_webbasepath() {