oc logs command fails with error " You must be logged in to the server"

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Issue

  • We are getting "An error occurred while retrieving the requested logs." when trying to view logs for any pod

    # oc logs <pod name>
    error: You must be logged in to the server (the server has asked for the client to provide credentials ( pods/log busybox-7b65c4fdf7-6psw9))
    

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.x

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