Public bug reported: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/modules.html#set- passwords
Documentation explains three different ways of setting user password using chpasswd but doesn't mention that they would otherwise work any differently from one another. Passwords should by default be expired if not specifically set otherwise in chpasswd. Although if one sets the password as hash either in password or chpasswd list, cc_set_passwords.py skips passwd --expire <username> completely which doesn't match documented behaviour. https://github.com/canonical/cloud- init/blob/728098325657cb2fec559cf321ccd5235e786381/cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py#L260 This part only applies to users which had either plain text password or random password set. ** Affects: cloud-init Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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/1979065 Title: cc_set_passwords does not expire users if password given as hash Status in cloud-init: New Bug description: https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/modules.html#set- passwords Documentation explains three different ways of setting user password using chpasswd but doesn't mention that they would otherwise work any differently from one another. Passwords should by default be expired if not specifically set otherwise in chpasswd. Although if one sets the password as hash either in password or chpasswd list, cc_set_passwords.py skips passwd --expire <username> completely which doesn't match documented behaviour. https://github.com/canonical/cloud- init/blob/728098325657cb2fec559cf321ccd5235e786381/cloudinit/config/cc_set_passwords.py#L260 This part only applies to users which had either plain text password or random password set. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1979065/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~yahoo-eng-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
