Unable to resolve AD user ID and login fails with "Permission denied" on RHEL server

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Active Directory (AD) users are unable to log in to the RHEL system.
  • Login attempts return the following error:
Permission denied, please try again.

  • Local (non-AD) users are able to log in successfully.

    • The following error is observed in the SSSD logs (/var/log/sssd/sssd_*.log):
[ad_disable_gc] (0x3f7c0): [RID#1] POSIX attributes were requested but are not present on the server side. Global Catalog lookups will be disabled

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • System Security Services Daemon
  • Active Directory

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