[abrt] yum-3.4.3-118.el7: yumRepo.py:706:_dirSetupMkdir_p:RepoError: Error making cache directory: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel error was: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel'

Issue

• The yum operation fails with the following abrt report.

abrt_version:   2.1.11
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python -t /usr/share/yum-cli/completion-helper.py -d 0 -C list available ch
executable:     /usr/share/yum-cli/completion-helper.py
kernel:         3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64
last_occurrence: 1402018149
pid:            23724
pkg_arch:       noarch
pkg_epoch:      0
pkg_name:       yum
pkg_release:    118.el7
pkg_version:    3.4.3
runlevel:       N 5
time:           Thu 05 Jun 2014 09:29:09 PM EDT
uid:            1000
username:       

sosreport.tar.xz: Binary file, 5690120 bytes

backtrace:
:yumRepo.py:706:_dirSetupMkdir_p:RepoError: Error making cache directory: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel error was: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel'
:
:Traceback (most recent call last):
:  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/completion-helper.py", line 95, in <module>
:    main(sys.argv[1:])
:  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/completion-helper.py", line 83, in main
:    base.getOptionsConfig(args)
:  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 352, in getOptionsConfig
:    self.parseCommands() # before we return check over the base command + args
:  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 394, in parseCommands
:    self._set_repos_cache_req()
:  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 416, in _set_repos_cache_req
:    if not os.path.exists(repo.metadata_cookie):
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 778, in <lambda>
:    metadata_cookie = property(lambda self: self._dirGetAttr('metadata_cookie'))
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 750, in _dirGetAttr
:    self.dirSetup()
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 729, in dirSetup
:    self._dirSetupMkdir_p(dir)
:  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 706, in _dirSetupMkdir_p
:    raise Errors.RepoError, msg
:RepoError: Error making cache directory: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel error was: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel'
:
:Local variables in innermost frame:
:msg: "Error making cache directory: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel error was: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel'"
:dpath: '/var/cache/yum/x86_64/7Server/epel'
:self: <yum.yumRepo.YumRepository object at 0x24a2750>
:e: OSError(13, 'Permission denied')