Encrypt password in create user script

I'd like to encrypt a password, set it as a variable in a script and then pass the encrypted password to dscl to set a user's password. Like this: [code] #!/bin/bash USER=username PASSWD=encrypted_password_hash dscl . -passwd /Users/$USER $PASSWD[/code] Is this possible? I have googled this problem for hours now and have not found anything! I thought people out there where more paranoid :) I have tried setting the output from: [code]openssl passwd -1[/code] [code]openssl passwd -1 -salt randomch[/code] with no luck... Is there any auth key type in the users record I have to append/set?