Tracked in Github Issues as https://github.com/canonical/cloud- init/issues/3400
** Bug watch added: github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues #3400 https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/issues/3400 ** Changed in: cloud-init Status: Triaged => Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Yahoo! Engineering Team, which is subscribed to cloud-init. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1834676 Title: Overriding default user to root doesn't work if ssh_pwauth is set to true Status in cloud-init: Expired Bug description: We were trying to change the default user from ubuntu to root and at the same time allowing password authentication, which did not work. By adding the "user: root" declaration the user is changed but "ssh_pwauth: true" seems to be only anticipating that the user is not changed to root since: ssh_pwauth only sets PasswordAuthentication to yes in the sshd_config but not PermitRootLogin. I am not sure if this is done on purpose or if this is an actual bug. Example Config: #cloud-config user: root chpasswd: {expire: false} password: metoo disable_root: false ssh_pwauth: true If someone is stumbling over this via Google, here is a config with a workaround: # override default_user from ubuntu -> root and allow ssh password logins as root #cloud-config user: root chpasswd: {expire: false} password: metoo disable_root: false ssh_pwauth: true runcmd: - echo "PermitRootLogin yes" >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config - systemctl restart ssh To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1834676/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : yahoo-eng-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
