AD joins fail with error "kerberos_kinit_password example.com\user@EXAMPLE.COM failed: Client not found in Kerberos database"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Cannot join AD domain with 'realm join'.
  • The command (realm join example.com -U 'example.com\user') fails.
  • 'realm join' fails with "kerberos_kinit_password example.com\user@EXAMPLE.COM failed: Client not found in Kerberos database"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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