# Server not found in Kerberos database

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/server-not-found-in-kerberos-database/27805>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/server-not-found-in-kerberos-database/27805 "2018-06-15T16:58:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dlb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@dlb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dlb)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/server-not-found-in-kerberos-database/27805/1 "2018-06-15T16:58:38Z")

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“msg”: “kerberos: authGSSClientStep() failed: ((‘Unspecified GSS failure. Minor code may provide more information’, 851968), (‘Server not found in Kerberos database’, -1765328377))”

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**Author:** ![Kanhaiya\_Ashtekar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Kanhaiya\_Ashtekar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Kanhaiya_Ashtekar)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/server-not-found-in-kerberos-database/27805/2 "2018-06-15T19:29:18Z")

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You might need to use ansible\_connecion: http or ntlm

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**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/server-not-found-in-kerberos-database/27805/3 "2018-06-18T13:15:39Z")

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That message means the hostname that you are asking for isn’t one that Active Directory knows about.  
Check you have a valid hostname (and not just an IP address) in your ansible inventory.  
Hope this helps,

Jon