Puppet Master - Azure virtul machine root password

Hi,
I have created a Puppet Master virtual machine from the Gallery.
After successful virtual machine creation, as per instruction I need to refer the installation answer file to get the e-mail id and password. ( or set it).
But that file don't have read/write permission to the user what we have created at the time of the Virtual machine creation.
What is the root user password of my virtual machine?
How to give the permission to the specific answer file with out using the root user?
Cheers, Senthilraj

Hi，
When you create a Linux VM in Azure, you can upload an X.509 certificate or provide your password to sign in to a virtual machine. Which kind method did you select when you created the Puppet VM?
You can connect to the VM’s full DNS name "xxx.cloudapp.net” with SSH and login with the username you specified during setup.
If you don't set a password for the root account, you can run the command below to pompt for a new password:
sudo passwd root
Then you can run "su" and provide the password to turn to the root account.
Best regards,
Susie
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