disabling waagent changed for rootpassword on ubuntu

djsly · djsly · commit 7533de5b4698 · 2026-02-03T17:41:26.000-05:00
diff --git a/parts/linux/cloud-init/artifacts/cis.sh b/parts/linux/cloud-init/artifacts/cis.sh
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ configureLimits() {
 EOF
 }
 
+# Configure waagent to not delete root password on first boot
 configureAzureAgent() {
     sed -i -e 's/\(Provisioning.DeleteRootPassword\).*/\1=n/' /etc/waagent.conf
 }
@@ -323,7 +324,8 @@ applyCIS() {
     configureSudo
     configureRootPath
     configureLimits
-    configureAzureAgent
+    # configureAzureAgent -- Disabling this for now, until we sync with waagent team on desired behavior.
+
     # Apply system configuration to running system
     sysctl --write --system
 }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ configureLimits() {`
`301`	`301`	`EOF`
`302`	`302`	`}`
`303`	`303`
	`304`	`+# Configure waagent to not delete root password on first boot`
`304`	`305`	`configureAzureAgent() {`
`305`	`306`	`sed -i -e 's/\(Provisioning.DeleteRootPassword\).*/\1=n/' /etc/waagent.conf`
`306`	`307`	`}`
`@@ -323,7 +324,8 @@ applyCIS() {`
`323`	`324`	`configureSudo`
`324`	`325`	`configureRootPath`
`325`	`326`	`configureLimits`
`326`		`- configureAzureAgent`
	`327`	`+ # configureAzureAgent -- Disabling this for now, until we sync with waagent team on desired behavior.`
	`328`	`+`
`327`	`329`	`# Apply system configuration to running system`
`328`	`330`	`sysctl --write --system`
`329`	`331`	`}`