When trying to login/fetch user information from a RHEL machine joined to AD using samba/winbind getting error "Error Kinit failed: Client not found in Kerberos database"

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Issue

Not able to fetch user information or login to RHEL machine joined to AD using samba/winbind. Error messages are as follows:

Dec 25 23:50:22 XXX winbindd[10969]: [2013/12/25 23:50:22.521085,  0, pid=10969] libsmb/cliconnect.c:1863(cli_session_setup_spnego)
Dec 25 23:50:22 XXX winbindd[10969]:   Kinit failed: Client not found in Kerberos database

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5/6

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