Why "toolbox create" fails with mkdir: cannot create directory 'XXXXX’: Permission denied with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?

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Issue

  • Why toolbox create fails with 'mkdir: cannot create directory 'XXXXX’: Permission denied' with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ?
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/opt/app-root/src/.config’: Permission denied
touch: cannot touch '/opt/app-root/src/.config/toolbox/toolbox-welcome-shown': No such file or directory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • toolbox

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