How to set a password for a linux user?

Question

linux

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?

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

passwd