SSSD: Child was terminated by own WATCHDOG

Issue

  • slow ssh login

  • sssd wrong identify group

  • sudo access failed to AD user

  • this error message appear in /var/log/message

      sssd[1149276]: tkey query failed: GSSAPI error: Major = Unspecified GSS failure.  Minor code may provide more information, Minor = Server not found in Kerberos database.
    

Root Cause

Enable debug_level = 9 in sssd.conf

sssd[3773821]: Child [3799056] ('example.com':'%BE_example.com') was terminated by own WATCHDOG. Consult corresponding logs to figure out the reason.

Resolution

add this options in sssd.conf

[domain/example.com]
timeout = 30

then restart sssd.

References