IPA client: "/usr/bin/id: cannot find name for user ID xxxx" reported during login
Issue
When logging into an IPA client, the following error is seen:
$ ssh <IPA user>@<IPA client.FQDN>
<IPA user>@<IPA client.FQDN>'s password:
Last login: Last login: Tue Jan 30 16:07:49 2018
/usr/bin/id: cannot find name for user ID <UID>
/usr/bin/id: cannot find name for group ID <GID>
/usr/bin/id: cannot find name for user ID <UID>
$ whoami
whoami: cannot find name for user ID <UID>
$ id -a
uid=<UID> gid=<GID> groups=<A group of GIDs>
The IPA user does not exist locally, i.e. in the /etc/passwd.
Environment
RHEL7.4
IPA4.5
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