Hi Adrian, In a system where this recreates, could you please run: cloud-init collect-logs and attach the output?
Thank you. -- 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