running db-remove under sudo successfully revome the package but gives an error "Run as a normal user" - but running unprivileged fails with "You don't have permission"

$ sudo db-remove pcr-testing x86_64 ring-kde
==> Removing ring-kde from [pcr-testing]...
==> ERROR: Run as a normal user
==> ERROR: Run as a normal user
==> WARNING: ring-kde not found in ABSLibre for pcr-testing-x86_64
==> WARNING: Removing only ring-kde from the repo
==> WARNING: If it was a split package you have to remove the others yourself!

$ db-remove pcr-testing x86_64 ring-kde
mktemp: failed to create directory via template ‘/srv/repo/tmp/db-remove.XXXXXXXXXX’: Permission denied
==> ERROR: You don't have permission to remove packages from pcr-testing