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secd.kerberos.preauth error caused by ONTAP admin access by domain user with incorrect password

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • Cluster management
  • CIFS

Issue

  • In event log show

Wed Apr 12 23:41:00 +0300 [cluster1-n1: secd: secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver (svm1).

  • And correlating with security audit log show entry:

0000002c.1c8246ca 026f9026 Wed Apr 12 2023 23:41:00 +03:00 [kern_audit:info:2888] 8503ee00004957e0 :: cluster1:ontapi :: 10.11.12.13:61840 :: svm1:user1 :: Login Attempt :: Error: Authentication failed.
0000002c.1c8246d7 026f9047 Wed Apr 12 2023 23:41:00 +03:00 [kern_audit:info:12352] 8503ee00004957e0 :: cluster1:ontapi :: 10.11.12.13:61840 :: cluster1:domain\user1 :: POST /servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filer HTTP/1.1 :: Error: 401 Unauthorized

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