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KB-2821: AD Join Assistant will not accept domain admin credentials.

Centrify Identity Service, Mac Edition ,  

12 April,16 at 11:46 AM

Applies to: Centrify DirectControl 5.1.0 for Mac OS X only.
 
Problem:
 
After entering AD domain admin credentials into the second screen of the AD Join Assistant, pressing "Continue" results in one of the following error messages:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Validation of username, password, and domain failed with this error: 
get user credentials: Preauthentication failed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Validation of username, password, and domain failed with this error: 
error during execution: wrong # args: should be [-gc] [-write] [-machine] <[server@domain> [<user> [<password>]]
 
 
The domain admin credentials have been double-checked to be correct and the account has not expired. 
 
Using the command-line adjoin method to join the Mac with the same credentials passes through successfully.
 
 
Cause:
 
The above error prompts may show if the domain admin password contains any of the following characters:
- a dash character (-)
- a dollar sign ($)
- a space character ( )
- an ampersand (&)
 
The preauthentication interprets these characters incorrectly and throws up a false-positive when verifying the validity of the entered credentials.
 
 
Workaround:
 
There are three workarounds to this issue;
 
- Option 1:
Avoid the use of the above characters within the domain admin password. 
 
- Option 2:
Use the command-line adjoin method to join the computers to the domain:
 
First enable licensed features:
 
  sudo adlicense -l 
 
Then join the domain in the selected mode (either Auto Zone or Zone Mode).
 
To join the domain in Auto Zone mode: 
 
  sudo /usr/sbin/adjoin --user Administrator --container "domain.com/Path/To/OU" --name ComputerName --workstation domain.com 
 
To join the domain in Zone Mode: 
 
  sudo /usr/sbin/adjoin --user Administrator --container "domain.com/Path/To/OU" --name ComputerName --zone ZoneName domain.com 
 
 
- Option 3:
Download the 5.0.3 version of the GUI front-end (attached below) and use that to join to the domain. The agent will still be using the 5.1.0 binaries to join and communicate with Active Directory.
 
 
Resolution:
 
This will be fixed in the 5.1.1 release of the AD Join Assistant.
 
 
Note: 
 
This issue strictly related to the GUI itself and is not a network configuration or an AD account problem.

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