Unable to login in Ubuntu 16.04 after provisioning about community-templates HOT 6 CLOSED

Passwordless login is disabled by default on Ubuntu 16+, I'd rather suggest to deploy ssh keys.

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FWIW, I'm using:

diff --git a/provisioning_templates/finish/preseed_default_finish.erb b/provisioning_templates/finish/preseed_default_finish.erb
index 1bb0faa..b7192a7 100644
--- a/provisioning_templates/finish/preseed_default_finish.erb
+++ b/provisioning_templates/finish/preseed_default_finish.erb
@@ -49,4 +49,7 @@ oses:
 <% end -%>
 
 <%= snippet 'preseed_networking_setup' %>
+
+sed -i 's/^#\?PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+
 /usr/bin/wget --no-proxy --quiet --output-document=/dev/null --no-check-certificate <%= foreman_url('built') %>

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As simple as that... It should be on the preseed_default_finish by default.
Thx a lot.

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While I understand that it's annoying, staying with the OS defaults is IMHO the way to go for these templates. The idea of Foreman is also to (be able to) deploy a configuration management agent like Puppet to the system at build time, so it's easy to roll out the needed keys.

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Note we also have https://github.com/theforeman/community-templates/blob/develop/provisioning_templates/snippet/create_users.erb to create users based on the owner in Foreman. You can then set your SSH key(s) in the user settings.

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Actually tried before, but without @mmoll solution, it didn't solve my original problem.
I will try it again on a next provisioning, thanks.

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