What does the error "bash /dev/stderr Permission denied" mean?

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Issue

  • When a user (user1) logins and switches to another user (user2), the following error appears after running below command
echo out > /dev/stderr 
-bash: /dev/stderr: Permission denied

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) all versions

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