--- cloud-init-0.6.3-bzr532.orig/cloudinit/SshUtil.py 2012-03-05 14:05:34.000000000 -0500 +++ cloud-init-0.6.3-bzr532/cloudinit/SshUtil.py 2012-03-31 15:21:30.365271359 -0400 @@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ akeys = ssh_cfg.get("AuthorizedKeysFile", "%h/.ssh/authorized_keys") akeys = akeys.replace("%h", pwent.pw_dir) akeys = akeys.replace("%u", user) + if not akeys.startswith('/'): + akeys = os.path.join(pwent.pw_dir, akeys) authorized_keys = akeys except Exception: authorized_keys = '%s/.ssh/authorized_keys' % pwent.pw_dir