IPA client installation and uninstallation failing with error "Must be root to run ipa-client-install" even when the command is run as root

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • ipa-client-install fails with error "Must be root to run ipa-client-install" even when the command is run as root
  • ipa-client-install --uninstall fails with error ""Must be root to run ipa-client-install" even when the command is run as root

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • IPA

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