chown operation not permitted when running container with new user

[shaileshpandey11]

Command in DockerFile:
RUN chown -R tms /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/webservices-0.0.1-20160824.053225-11.war

Log:
Step 13 : RUN chown -R tms /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/webservices-0.0.1-20160824.053225-11.war
---> Running in 9855537059c2
chown: changing ownership of ‘/usr/local/tomcat/webapps/webservices-0.0.1-20160824.053225-11.war’: Operation not permitted

[yosifkit]

What does the rest of your Dockerfile look like? If you have a USER line previously that is not root, then that user probably won't have permission to chown the file.

[shaileshpandey11]

Thanks @yosifkit i was doing wrong after creating USER previously. I have changed that and now it's working.