Receiving the error "realm: Already joined to this domain" when trying to join a domain/realm

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Issue

  • After removing a system from a domain/realm and attempting to re-join the domain/realm, you receive the following error:

    realm: Already joined to this domain
    
  • When trying to join an AD domain, 'realm' fails with the message:

    realm: Couldn't join realm: Already joined to another domain: other.domain.com
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Active Directory
  • sssd
  • realmd

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