Why is SSSD process failing to start and logging a message 'sssd Failed to read keytab [xxxx]: Bad address' in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
Issue
- While trying to start the
sssdservice it fails.
~]# service sssd restart
Stopping sssd: [ OK ]
Starting sssd: [FAILED]
- In the
/var/log/messagesfile it complains about not able to read the keytab.
~]# cat /var/log/messages
May 16 11:44:41 LOCALHOST sssd[nss]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:41 LOCALHOST sssd[autofs]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:41 LOCALHOST sssd[pam]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:41 LOCALHOST sssd[nss]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:41 LOCALHOST sssd[autofs]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:41 LOCALHOST sssd[pam]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:42 LOCALHOST sssd[be[default]]: Starting up
May 16 11:44:42 LOCALHOST sssd[be[default]]: Failed to read keytab [default]: Bad address
May 16 11:44:42 LOCALHOST sssd: Exiting the SSSD. Could not restart critical service [default].
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x
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