Error 'Password set failed! 0x00000035' is returned while creating a keytab file for kerberos authentication on Spotfire Server

Error 'Password set failed! 0x00000035' is returned while creating a keytab file for kerberos authentication on Spotfire Server

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Article ID: KB0070011

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Spotfire Server All

Description

You may see the following error while creating a keytab file using ktpass command for kerberos on the Spotfire Server

Command: ktpass /princ HTTP/fqhostname@DOMAIN.COM /ptype krb5_nt_principal /crypto all /mapuser DOMAIN\serviceaccount /out spotfire.keytab -kvno 0 /pass password
Output:
Targeting domain controller: domaincontroller.Domain.com
Successfully mapped HTTP/fqhostname to serviceaccount
Password set failed! 0x00000035


The above error is seen if the service account's password does not meet the domain's password policy.

Issue/Introduction

The error 'Password set failed! 0x00000035' is caused when the service account's password does not meet the domain's password policy.

Resolution

To resolve this, reset the account's password by following the current domain's password policy and re-run the ktpass command. 
 

Additional Information

Doc: Creating a keytab file for the Kerberos service account