docs: add Kerberos multi-domain authentication to WinRM how-to#1819
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Adds a new section covering Kerberos authentication with pywinrm for environments with multiple Active Directory domains. Documents krb5.conf drop-in file pattern, UPN username format requirement, and GPO settings. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Include all six delegation policies (standard + NTLM-only variants) and explain why both sets are needed for reliable multi-domain operation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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docs/learning/howto/how2winrm-rundeck.mdkrb5.conf.ddrop-in file pattern for supporting multiple Active Directory domainsuser@REALM) to avoid pywinrm falling back to NTLMWSMAN/*wildcard for credential delegation across domainskinitandklistContext
Tracked in RSE-89 — customers running Process Automation in multi-domain AD environments encountered Kerberos auth failures when using
DOMAIN\userusername format or a single-realmkrb5.conf. This doc covers the working configuration validated against two domains.Test plan
-Confirm node XML attribute names match current PyWinRM plugin versionFixes
RSE-89
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