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WNA- Kinit Fails with Exception: krb_error 6 Client Not Found in Kerberos Database (Doc ID 294890.1)

Last updated on MAY 01, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On - Version 9.0.4 to 10.1.4 [Release 10gR1 to 10gR3]
All Platforms

Symptoms

While configuring Windows Native Authentication (per Note 282074.1),
Step 8 "Test the SSO Server can get a kerberos ticket from AD" fails with the following error:

D:\im904\jdk\bin>kinit HTTP/<NON_SSO_SERVERNAME>@<ACTIVE_DIRECTORY_DOMAIN>
Password for HTTP/<FQDN_SSO_SERVERNAME>@<ACTIVE_DIRECTORY_DOMAIN>:<PASSWORD>

Exception: krb_error 6 Client not found in Kerberos database (6) Client not found in Kerberos database
KrbException: Client not found in Kerberos database (6)
at sun.security.krb5.KrbAsRep.<init>(DashoA6275:62)
at sun.security.krb5.KrbAsReq.getReply(DashoA6275:310)
at sun.security.krb5.KrbAsReq.getReply(DashoA6275:271)
at sun.security.krb5.internal.tools.Kinit.<init>(DashoA6275:266)
at sun.security.krb5.internal.tools.Kinit.main(DashoA6275:104)
Caused by: KrbException: Identifier doesn't match expected value (906)
at sun.security.krb5.internal.af.a(DashoA6275:129)
at sun.security.krb5.internal.at.a(DashoA6275:58)
at sun.security.krb5.internal.at.<init>(DashoA6275:53)
at sun.security.krb5.KrbAsRep.<init>(DashoA6275:48)
... 4 more

Cause

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