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enable root login from cloud-init
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enable-root-login-cloud-init
$ sudo perl -i -pe 's/disable_root: 1/disable_root: 0/' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
$ sudo perl -i -pe 's/#PermitRootLogin .*/PermitRootLogin without-password/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
$ sudo perl -i -pe 's/.*(ssh-rsa .*)/\1/' /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
$ sudo /etc/init.d/sshd reload # optional command
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