ipa-client-install fails with error "Joining realm failed: Host is already joined"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

After uninstalling an IPA client, re-installation fails with the following error:

Joining realm failed: Host is already joined.

Use --force-join option to override the host entry on the server and force client enrollment.
Installation failed. Rolling back changes.
Unconfigured automount client failed: Command 'ipa-client-automount --uninstall --debug' returned non-zero exit status 1

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • ipa-client

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