# kerberos error when connecting to windows machine

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-error-when-connecting-to-windows-machine/33623>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** windows\
**Created:** [August 16, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-error-when-connecting-to-windows-machine/33623 "2020-08-16T18:03:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tony\_Wong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@Tony\_Wong](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Tony_Wong)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/kerberos-error-when-connecting-to-windows-machine/33623/1 "2020-08-16T18:03:45Z")

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keep getting this error on a windows machine

> UNREACHABLE! =\> {  
> “changed”: false,  
> “msg”: “kerberos: (‘Connection aborted.’, error(104, ‘Connection reset by peer’))”,  
> “unreachable”: true

any idea?

HTTPS is listening on port 5986 already and no firewall blocking