Why only root user got "Options error: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position" error

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Issue

  • yum report "Options error: 'ascii' codec can't encode characters in position" error ONLY for root user.
  • Other users has no problem with yum.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • yum

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