non-root user running 'yum list' results in Traceback with IOError or OSError of [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/yum/...'

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • A yum list installed when 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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