Kafka Replicat Abends with org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Could not login: the client is being asked for a password, but the Kafka client code does not currently support obtaining a password from the use (Doc ID 3074641.1)

Last updated on MARCH 06, 2025

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Symptoms

Caused by: org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Could not login: the client is being asked for a password, but the Kafka client code does not currently support obtaining a password from the user. not available to garner authentication information from the user
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.SaslChannelBuilder.configure(SaslChannelBuilder.java:187)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.ChannelBuilders.create(ChannelBuilders.java:193)
at org.apache.kafka.common.network.ChannelBuilders.clientChannelBuilder(ChannelBuilders.java:82)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.ClientUtils.createChannelBuilder(ClientUtils.java:120)
at org.apache.kafka.clients.ClientUtils.createNetworkClient(ClientUtils.java:224)
... 13 more
Caused by: javax.security.auth.login.LoginException: Could not login: the client is being asked for a password, but the Kafka client code does not currently support obtaining a password from the user. not available to garner authentication information from the user
at jdk.security.auth/com.sun.security.auth.module.Krb5LoginModule.promptForPass(Krb5LoginModule.java:920)
at jdk.security.auth/com.sun.security.auth.module.Krb5LoginModule.attemptAuthentication(Krb5LoginModule.java:740)
at jdk.security.auth/com.sun.security.auth

Changes

 Kafka client having keraborus authentication issue for jaas.conf file

Cause

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