Cannot register service: RPC: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak

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Issue

  • Not able to run an application which runs as a RPC Server and get the following error (not for root user).

Cannot register service: RPC: Authentication error; why = Client credential too weak
Unable to register (DIRPROG, DIRVERS, udp)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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