Kerberos Authentication Fails Due to Different Time Settings

Inconsistent time settings in the environment that uses Kerberos configuration might lead to authentication failure.

Problem

Attempts to use Kerberos for initial authentication of a host or for resource access fail, and the following error message appears.

Clock Skew

Cause

If the system time on the computers in the environment differs with more than 5 minutes from the domain controller, or from one another, the Kerberos authentication fails.

Solution

Synchronize the system times in the environment.