For Kerberos-enabled domains, multiple false positive errors are generated during password operations due to Kerberos Pre-Auth
AD authentications show multiple KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED errors in AD monitoring application logs.
SPP uses Kerberos to authenticate, by contacting the target asset and then the asset responding with a pre-authentication request, where you may see the KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED errors in event logs.
This is because a KDC replies with either KRB5KDC_ERR_PREAUTH_REQUIRED (users that exist but didn't include preauth data); or KRB5KDC_ERR_C_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN (users that do not exist).
STATUS:
Enhancement Request # 504881 was created for consideration in a future version of SPP subject to successful QA testing and Product Management approval.
WORKAROUND:
These errors can be safely ignored if the source is from SPP as they are expected when Kerberos is used for authentication.
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