Failed to read data from Directory Service: Unknown error when retrieving list of services from LDAP: {'info': 'SASL(-4): no mechanism available: ', 'desc': 'Unknown authentication method'}

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Issue

[root@server ~]# service ipa restart
Restarting Directory Service
Shutting down dirsrv: 
    PKI-IPA... server already stopped                      [  OK  ]
    REALM-IPA... server already stopped                    [  OK  ]
  Starting dirsrv: 
    PKI-IPA...                                             [  OK  ]
    REALM-IPA...                                           [  OK  ]
Failed to read data from Directory Service: Unknown error when retrieving list of services from LDAP: {'info': 'SASL(-4): no mechanism available: ', 'desc': 'Unknown authentication method'}
Shutting down
Shutting down dirsrv: 
    PKI-IPA...                                             [  OK  ]
    REALM-IPA...                                           [  OK  ]
[root@server ~]#

Environment

RHEL 6

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