diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/tcpcloud--user-data.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/tcpcloud--user-data.yaml
index abfa3ca..59eaf1e 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/tcpcloud--user-data.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/tcpcloud--user-data.yaml
@@ -3,20 +3,24 @@
 
   ssh_pwauth: True
   users:
-   - name: vagrant
+   - name: root
      sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
      shell: /bin/bash
      ssh_authorized_keys:
       - ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDGwjUlYn9UsmWmAGSuEA2sICad7WqxgsJR0HKcMbbxi0tn96h4Cq2iGYmzlJ48egLm5R5pxyWnFvL4b/2zb+kKTPCMwRc9nv7xEGosEFNQEoSDd+gYu2CO0dgS2bX/7m2DXmzvhqPjxWQUXXsb0OYAS1r9Es65FE8y4rLaegz8V35xfH45bTCA0W8VSKh264XtGz12hacqsttE/UvyjJTZe+/XV+xJy3WAWxe8J/MuW1VqbqNewTmpTE/LJU8i6pG4msU6+wH99UvsGAOKQOduynUHKWG3VZg5YCjpbbV/t/pfW/vHB3b3jiifQmNhulyiG/CNnSQ5BahtV/7qPsYt vagrant@cfg01
 
+  disable_root: false
   chpasswd:
    list: |
-    vagrant:vagrant
+    root:r00tme
    expire: False
 
   bootcmd:
    # Block access to SSH while node is preparing
    - cloud-init-per once sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP
+   # Enable root access
+   - sed -i'.orig' -e's/without-password/yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+   - service sshd restart
   output:
     all: '| tee -a /var/log/cloud-init-output.log /dev/tty0'