user creation happens after ssh configuration

[ubuntu-server-builder]

This bug was originally filed in Launchpad as LP: #1042459

Launchpad details

affected_projects = []
assignee = None
assignee_name = None
date_closed = 2012-10-01T18:23:06.065348+00:00
date_created = 2012-08-27T22:28:46.078073+00:00
date_fix_committed = 2012-08-28T03:45:46.287195+00:00
date_fix_released = 2012-10-01T18:23:06.065348+00:00
id = 1042459
importance = high
is_complete = True
lp_url = https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-init/+bug/1042459
milestone = None
owner = darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount
owner_name = Ben Howard
private = False
status = fix_released
submitter = darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount
submitter_name = Ben Howard
tags = []
duplicates = []

Launchpad user Ben Howard(darkmuggle-deactivatedaccount) wrote on 2012-08-27T22:28:46.078073+00:00

On systems where the user is created by cloud-init, the default configuration and handling of the user creation is such that the ssh keys in the cloud-config may be applied before the user is created. The result is that the user may be a "dead user" with out a SSH configuration.