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19c:KERBEROS CONNECTION FAILS WITH ORA-12631: USERNAME RETRIEVAL FAILED (Doc ID 2914896.1)

Last updated on APRIL 17, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 19.11.0.0.0 to 19.16.0.0.0 [Release 19]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 A fresh setup of Kerberos authentication fails with ORA-12631: Username retrieval failed despite having valid TGT & TGS. All the configuration appears to be correct.

krb5_trace of the connection attempt from the db server ends abruptly as shown in the below trace


export KRB5_TRACE=/any_location/krb5trace_290822.trc

echo $KRB5_TRACE
/any_location/krb5trace_290822.trc

okinit

oklist

sqlplus /@orcl

 

krb5trace_290822.trc

##############

[2681668] 1662517096.352915: TGS request result: 0/Success
[2681668] 1662517096.352916: Received creds for desired service service_name
[2681668] 1662517096.352917: Storing XXXX -> XXXXX in FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_5000
[2681668] 1662517096.352918: Creating authenticator for XXXXXXXX-> XXXX, seqnum 0, subkey(null), session key rc4-hmac/CA5C <<< ends abruptly

Changes

 Setting up CMU authenticated kerberos user

Cause

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