IPA Client does not recognise usernames

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to log in as an ipa user on IPA client get an error message in the logs: "Failed password for invalid user "

  • On the IPA server the hostname of the IPA client in the database.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6
  • IPA

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