How to set a password for a linux user?

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Schoolboy.2015-10-17 20:22:39

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Schoolboy., 2015-10-17 20:22:39

I enter:
useradd -d /home/ch1 -g ftpch -p 123 vova
But the password is not set, in -help it says: encrypted password of the new account. How to encrypt it?

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Schoolboy., 2015-10-17
@viphorizon

useradd -d /home/ch1 -g ftpch -p "$(echo -n PASSWORD | openssl passwd -crypt -stdin)" vova

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gilgameshfreedom, 2015-10-17
@gilgameshfreedom

passwd