Why does the EWS httpd postinstall script have to be executed as the root user on RHEL?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why do we need to have root permission for running postinstall script?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server (EWS)

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