# Kerberos authentication for Windows hosts only works with -vv or enabling logging in /etc/ansible/ansible.conf

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**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [August 25, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-authentication-for-windows-hosts-only-works-with-vv-or-enabling-logging-in-etc-ansible-ansible-conf/31122 "2019-08-25T19:58:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ronald\_van\_Vugt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@Ronald\_van\_Vugt](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Ronald_van_Vugt)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-authentication-for-windows-hosts-only-works-with-vv-or-enabling-logging-in-etc-ansible-ansible-conf/31122/1 "2019-08-25T19:58:30Z")

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Hello,

I have a very strange problem:

**The situation:**  
One Microsoft domain controller (Windows 2012R2) and several Windows member servers joining this domain (also Windows 2012R2). The ansible server is installed/configured (krb5.conf and hostfile with the needed variables) with kerberos.

**The problem:**  
I’m able to make a kerberos connection with de domain controller. If I try to make a connection with one of the member servers, I get the following error:

| UNREACHABLE! =\> {  
“changed”: false,  
“msg”: "kerberos: ",  
“unreachable”: true  
}

But the strange thing is, it is working when I enable logging:

- if I add -vv (or -vvv, -vvvv) to the ansible-playbook command
- if I enable logging in /etc/ansible/ansible.conf

Dees anyone have an idea how to solve this problem?

Thank you!

Ronald