jboss-cli returns success when JBAS014608: Failed to store configuration occurred

Issue

• The cli returns success after running a command, but the server side logs an error and the standalone.xml does not get updated:

[standalone@localhost:9999 /] /system-property=foo1:add(value=bar)
{"outcome" => "success"}

20:06:16,697 ERROR [org.jboss.as.controller.management-operation] (management-handler-thread - 4) JBAS014608: Failed to store configuration to standalone.xml: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /tmp/jboss-eap-6.4/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml.tmp (Permission denied)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open0(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(FileOutputStream.java:270) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:162) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.FilePersistenceUtils.writeToTempFile(FilePersistenceUtils.java:112) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.ConfigurationFilePersistenceResource.doCommit(ConfigurationFilePersistenceResource.java:55) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.persistence.AbstractFilePersistenceResource.commit(AbstractFilePersistenceResource.java:59) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl$4.commit(ModelControllerImpl.java:684) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.doCompleteStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:616) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.completeStepInternal(AbstractOperationContext.java:338) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.finishStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:803) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:778) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.doCompleteStep(AbstractOperationContext.java:537) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.completeStepInternal(AbstractOperationContext.java:338) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AbstractOperationContext.executeOperation(AbstractOperationContext.java:314) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.OperationContextImpl.executeOperation(OperationContextImpl.java:1144) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.internalExecute(ModelControllerImpl.java:331) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.ModelControllerImpl.execute(ModelControllerImpl.java:201) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler.doExecute(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:208) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler.access$300(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:135) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler$1$1.run(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:157) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler$1$1.run(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:153) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:422) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.AccessAuditContext.doAs(AccessAuditContext.java:94) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.controller.remote.ModelControllerClientOperationHandler$ExecuteRequestHandler$1.execute(ModelControllerClientOperationHandler.java:153) [jboss-as-controller-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.AbstractMessageHandler$2$1.doExecute(AbstractMessageHandler.java:298) [jboss-as-protocol-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.AbstractMessageHandler$AsyncTaskRunner.run(AbstractMessageHandler.java:537) [jboss-as-protocol-7.5.5.Final-redhat-3.jar:7.5.5.Final-redhat-3]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) [rt.jar:1.8.0_60]
    at org.jboss.threads.JBossThread.run(JBossThread.java:122) [jboss-threads-2.1.2.Final-redhat-1.jar:2.1.2.Final-redhat-1]