Question Can I encrypt a string to be later used as password?

[Ramiro Araujo]

I'm being forced to directly write in the `psa.BackupsSettings` table in order to setup backups for new domains from CLI, and also make those backups available in the UI. I find that the CLI tool works fine, but afterwards the backedup content is not accessible from the Plesk admin, because the FTP settings were not saved as "FTP Backup" settings for the domain.
I think I should be able to populate the BackupsSettings table with the correct data, but FTP passwords are being saved encrypted, and I cannot find the proper encryption tool nor indications on how to do it properly.

Any help is highly appreciated
Thanks!