IPA client configuration script may fail with error kinit(v5): Clock skew too great while getting initial credentials
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)
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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
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ipa-client-2.1.3-1.el5
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