Running yum from an unprivileged user fails with error "Permission denied"

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Issue

  • Can't run any yum related command from a normal user.
  • We are getting permission denied error while running yum from an unprivileged user.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • yum

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