kinit hangs for a while and returns "Clock skew too great while getting initial credentials" error

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Issue

When we run # kinit (or kerberos based logins) it hangs for a while and returns Clock skew too great while getting initial credentials error. The client time is in sync with the Kerberos server time.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • kerberos

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