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secd.kerberos.preauth event is being logged

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFS
  • Kerberos

Issue

secd.kerberos.preauth events are being logged frequently

Wed Jun 23 06:25:30 +0200 [node-01: secd: secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver (vserver1).
Wed Jun 23 08:09:43 +0200 [node-01: secd: secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver (vserver1).
Wed Jun 23 09:02:05 +0200 [node-01: secd: secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver (vserver1).
Wed Jun 23 09:30:31 +0200 [node-01: secd: secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver (vserver1).
Wed Jun 23 10:03:50 +0200 [node-01: secd: secd.kerberos.preauth:error]: Kerberos pre-authentication failure due to out-of-sync machine account password for vserver (vserver1).
  • end users do not report any functional issues
  • kerberos authentication fails and results in the secd.kerberos.preauth event
  • subsequent attempt to use NTLM authentication succeeds, which makes that the customer is not aware and affected

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