What were you trying to do that didn't work?

Run "passwd -l azureuser" in RHEL-10 on Azure yields below error

passwd: user 'azureuser' does not exist in /etc/passwd 

While it's clearly in the file

# cat -A /etc/passwd | grep azureuser
azureuser:x:1000:1000:Cloud User:/home/azureuser:/bin/bash$
# getent passwd azureuser
azureuser:x:1000:1000:Cloud User:/home/azureuser:/bin/bash 

Disabling SELinux doesn't help.
Issue does not apply to latest RHEL 9.

What is the impact of this issue to you?

This jeopardizes cloud-init. sudo requires password which is not set.

Please provide the package NVR for which the bug is seen:

shadow-utils-4.15.0-10.el10.x86_64

How reproducible is this bug?:

100% in latest RHEL 10 images.

Steps to reproduce

1. Check cloud-init log. Or simply run `passwd -l azureuser`

Expected results

Actual results