IPA client configuration script may fail with error kinit(v5): Clock skew too great while getting initial credentials

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

The IPA configuration script ipa-client-install may fail with the following error message:

kinit(v5): Clock skew too great while getting initial credentials

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.8 (Tikanga)
  • Linux ipaclient3.example.com 2.6.18-308.1.1.el5 #1 SMP Fri Feb 17 16:51:01 EST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  • ipa-client-2.1.3-1.el5

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