Description of problem:

When I attempt to setup Active Directory according to:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_satellite/6.18/html/configuring_authentication_for_red_hat_satellite_users/configuring-kerberos-sso-for-active-directory-users-in-project_authentication

I am supposed to run

KRB5_KTNAME=FILE:/etc/httpd/conf/http.keytab net ads keytab create HTTP -U Administrator -s /etc/samba/smb.conf

This should create a keytab file in /etc/httpd/conf/http.keytab.

However, when the Satellite is not installed yet, /etc/httpd/ directory doesn't exist. The command then fails silently: doesn't output any error but also doesn't create a keytab.

Installing httpd before running the "net ads" command fixes the issue:

dnf install httpd -y 

How reproducible:

Deterministic

Is this issue a regression from an earlier version:

Probably not

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Have a RHEL machine without httpd installed (so, no Satellite installed yet)

2. Follow the linked documentation

Actual behavior:
After running the "net ads" command, no error is shown and no keytab is created

Expected behavior:
1) an error should be shown... that's an issue in samba package:

# rpm -qf $(which net)
samba-common-tools-4.22.4-6.el9_7.x86_64 

2) our docs should instruct to install httpd before attempting to create a keytab

Business Impact / Additional info:

I'm not aware of anyone hitting this issue