IPA client error: Failed to initialize credentials using keytab [MEMORY:/etc/krb5.keytab]

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • IPA client stop working, follwing error is logged in /var/log/messages:

    sssd[ldap_child[12345]]: Failed to initialize credentials using keytab [MEMORY:/etc/krb5.keytab]: Generic preauthentication failure. Unable to create GSSAPI-encrypted LDAP connection.

  • id command shows error "there is no such user".

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and 8
  • sssd
  • IPA/IdM

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