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CIFS server account password does not match password stored in Active Directory (KRB5KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_FAILED)

CIFS server account password does not match password stored in Active Directory (KRB5KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_FAILED)

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Applies to

ONTAP 9
CIFS/SMB

Issue

CIFS authentication begins to fail, as evidenced by inability to connect an SMB client.
EMS logs report:

secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver

In the Security Daemon (SecD) logs, below errors are being reported:

CIFS server account password does not match password stored in Active Directory (KRB5KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_FAILED)