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 Bugs, which is subscribed to 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-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs