kinit for an IPA user fails if 2FA(Password + OTP) is enabled for that user

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Issue

  • If 2FA(Password + OTP) is enabled for an IPA user kinit fails with:
[root@rhel7-ipa ~]# kinit testuser
kinit: Pre-authentication failed: Invalid argument while getting initial credentials
  • kinit fails for IPA user if 2FA(Password + OTP) is enabled for that user:
[root@rhel7-ipa ~]# kinit testuser
kinit: Generic preauthentication failure while getting initial credential

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 or later
  • IPA/IdM

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