= Fix: Red Hat GSSAPI Error =

**Summary**: A fix for Red Hat server with login problems and GSSAPI errors in the /var/log/messages \\
**Date**: Around 2014 \\
**Refactor**: 16 January 2025: Checked links and formatting. \\
{{tag>redhat linux fix}}

If you experience the following errors in the /var/log/messages logfile: \\
<code>
sssd_be: GSSAPI Error: Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information (Server not found in Kerberos database)
sssd_be: GSSAPI Error: An invalid name was supplied (Success)
</code>

As well as long login times and failed login times, and after a successful logon the following message:
<code>
cannot find name for group ID XXXXX
</code>

Disable this line (if present) in the /etc/sssd/sssd.conf:
<code>
ldap_disable_referrals = true
</code>
and put this line in the config file:
<code>
ldap_referrals = false
</code>

= Useful Links =

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/65936 (Red Hat login required)