adcli is unable to renew the keytab couldn't authenticate as machine account

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to authenticate AD user after the machine account password change
  • Couldn't authenticate as machine account: RHEL_TEST$: Preauthentication failed
  • adcli: couldn't connect to example.com domain: Couldn't authenticate as machine account: RHEL_TEST$: Preauthentication failed

Environment

  • sssd
  • adcli
  • realmd
  • Active Directory
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7,8,9

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