Unable to find computer account name on Active Directory even after the join was successful.

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Issue

  • Unable to find computer account name on Active Directory even after the join was successful.
  • RHEL is not in sync with our Windows Active Directory.
  • When I go to AD and search for a particular RHEL system that was successfully joined to domain, I get object not found.
  • There is no computer account name present on AD.
 * Using domain name: example.com
 * Calculated computer account name from fqdn: LOCALHOST  <<---------------
 * Using domain realm: example.com
..
..
 * Found computer account for LOCALHOST$ at: CN=LOCALHOST,CN=Computers,DC=example,DC=com  <<---------------

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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