Also launched a xenial lxd container with the same user-data file as in the previous comment and it correctly changed the "tom" user's password to the provided hash.
lxc launch b03fe-xenial-proposed x1-proposed "--config=user.user- data=$(cat cloud-init.yaml)" ** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done-xenial verification-done-yakkety -- 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/1570325 Title: RFE: chpasswd in cloud-init should support hashed passwords To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1570325/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
