Hi. I added a 'linux' package task here. It seems that in bug 1551419 patches were added to the ubuntu kernel to do the right thing. Possibly those patches were inadvertantly dropped? Either way, it seems like the [Ubuntu] kernel should promise this consistently so that multiple consumers do not need to all know about this issue and handle it themselves.
That said, we will fix cloud-init to handle it. ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1803173 Title: cloud-init disables user on azure at second reboot Status in cloud-init: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Hello, Environment: platform: Azure arm image: Canonical UbuntuServer 16.04-DAILY-LTS latest Steps: Deploy VM with user/pass authentication Install latest linux-next-upstream kernel (for example 4.19.0-4db9d11bcbef, where 4db9d11bcbef is the git tag from the linux-next latest tree: https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next/) reboot (all good) reboot again cloud-init disables the username password authentication I checked the cloud-init logs and found: 2018-11-01 16:45:28,566 - init.py[INFO]: User already exists, skipping. 2018-11-01 16:45:28,570 - util.py[DEBUG]: Running command ['passwd', '-l', ''] with allowed return codes [0] (shell=False, capture=True) 2018-11-01 16:45:28,793 - util.py[DEBUG]: Reading from /etc/sudoers (quiet=False) 2018-11-01 16:45:28,795 - util.py[DEBUG]: Read 781 bytes from /etc/sudoers 2018-11-01 16:45:28,796 - util.py[DEBUG]: Writing to /etc/sudoers.d/90-cloud-init-users - ab: [None] 51 bytes 2018-11-01 16:45:28,797 - handlers.py[DEBUG]: finish: init-network/config-users-groups: SUCCESS: config-users-groups ran successfully This issue is very bad one, as it can render your vm inaccessible on Azure. I think this problem is due to the new kernel installation. Initial bug report: https://github.com/Azure/WALinuxAgent/issues/1386 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1803173/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp