Kerberos authentication getting Access Denied

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

When attempting to troubleshoot the Kerberos authentication in Automic when attempting to test if you are able to get a TGT from Kerberos.

java "-Dsun.security.krb5.debug=true" "-Djava.security.krb5.conf=C:\JDK\jdk1.8.0_101\jre\lib\security\krb5.conf" sun.security.krb5.internal.tools.Kinit -k -t C:\AWA\Automation.Platform\AutomationEngine\bin\AE.keytab HTTP/[email protected]

the command wasn't working on AIX.

Environment

Release : 12.3

Component : AUTOMATION ENGINE

Cause

IBM JDK has different debug options available

Resolution

The command on AIX to test this is:

java "-Dcom.ibm.security.jgss.debug=all" "-Dcom.ibm.security.krb5.krb5Debug=all" sun.security.krb5.internal.tools.Kinit -k -t /etc/krb5/uc4.keytab HTTP/[email protected]