non-root user running 'yum list' results in Traceback with IOError or OSError of [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/yum/...'
Issue
- A
yum list installedwhen executed by non-root user fails to access/create files under/var/lib/yum/directory. Here are some errors that have been seen:IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '///var/lib/yum/uuid'OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/yum/yumdb/.../from_repo'CRITICAL:yum.cli:Config error: Permission denied: '///var/lib/yum/uuid'
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
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