diff --git a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/createIpAlias.sh b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/createIpAlias.sh
index 2c798131fd4..1db210b6860 100755
--- a/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/createIpAlias.sh
+++ b/patches/systemvm/debian/config/root/createIpAlias.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ do
  netmask=$(echo $var1 | cut -f3 -d ":")
  ifconfig eth0:$alias_count $routerip netmask $netmask up
  var=$( echo $var | sed "s/${var1}-//" )
-done
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+done
+#restaring the password service to enable it on the ip aliases
+/etc/init.d/cloud-passwd-srvr restart
+exit $?
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