ERROR_DS_CANT_DERIVE_SPN_WITHOUT_SERVER_REF

The DS cannot derive a service principal name (SPN) with which to mutually authenticate the target server because the corresponding server object in the local DS database has no serverReference attribute.

Matched as: the code as given (hex)

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