The pam_krb5 module is not resolving KDC for the requested realm while kinit works

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

The pam_krb5 module logs "Cannot resolve network address for KDC in requested realm" while:
- Other kerberos tools work (for example kinit).
- The krb5.conf seems to be correct and dns_lookup_kdc is not in use.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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