https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/ERROR-namenode-NameNode-NameNode-java-main-1783-Failed-to/m-p/181960#M144131 <P>I see the difference in both keytab and principal with KVNO's</P><PRE>[root@ip-172-31-8-92 keytabs]# klist -kte spnego.service.keytab Keytab name: FILE:spnego.service.keytab KVNO Timestamp Principal ---- ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------- 1 01/01/70 00:00:00 HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET (des-cbc-crc) 1 01/01/70 00:00:00 HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET (des-cbc-md5) 1 01/01/70 00:00:00 HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET (arcfour-hmac) 1 01/01/70 00:00:00 HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET (aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96) 1 01/01/70 00:00:00 HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET (aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96) [root@ip-172-31-8-92 keytabs]# kvno HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET HTTP/ip-172-31-8-92.eu-west-1.compute.internal@WHISHWORKS.NET: kvno = 2 [root@ip-172-31-8-92 keytabs]#</PRE> Thu, 12 Jul 2018 18:31:26 GMT rajuforlinux 2018-07-12T18:31:26Z