After instance startup it is not possible to login as root user

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

We prepared a cloud image with password set for the root user. After start of an instance we are not able to login using this password.

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenStack
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • cloud-init

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