Why does Microsoft SQL Server on RHEL require root privileges?
Issue
- MSSQL on RHEL requires root privileges
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Starting MSSQL in a container on RHEL fails with the following error
/opt/mssql/bin/sqlservr: Error: Directory [/var/opt/system/] could not be created. Errno [13]
Environment
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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