Is the netdev *group* used by Ubuntu server? The way I've done it myself prior to Quantal is to delegate the problem to the user-setup package.
add_default_user() { echo "Setting up '${CLOUD_DEFAULT_USERNAME}' default user" debconf-set-selections <<EOF user-setup passwd/username string ${CLOUD_DEFAULT_USERNAME} user-setup passwd/user-fullname string Default Cloud User user-setup passwd/user-password-crypted string ! EOF user-setup } Certainly I'd expect the default user to get created. I'd consider the current failure to be an error. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054035 Title: Adding default user fails due to lack of 'netdev' group To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cloud-init/+bug/1054035/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs