ipa-join error - HTTP response code is 401, not 200

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Issue

Running the command /usr/sbin/ipa-join to register an IPA client to an IPA domain may return the following error:

HTTP response code is 401, not 200

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.2 (Santiago)
- Linux ipaserver1.example.com 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
- Linux ipaclient1.example.com 2.6.32-220.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 9 08:03:13 EST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  • Identity Management in RHEL, one IPA server, one IPA client
    - ipa-server-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64
- ipa-client-2.1.3-9.el6.x86_64

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