After upgrading to RHEL 7.5, the ID command intermittently gives the error "cannot find name for group ID xxxx" and Group-Names go missing after sometime.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why does id fail to show my group id?
  • /usr/bin/id: cannot find name for group ID xxxx
  • Group names go missing after some time
  • Sudo fails

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
  • sssd-1.16.0-19
  • LDAP

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