https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163812
--- Comment #12 from Randy Barlow randy@electronsweatshop.com --- A workaround that I've been using is to use sudo to execute ejabberdctl as the ejabberd user. For example:
$ sudo -u ejabberd /usr/bin/sh /usr/bin/ejabberdctl <args>
It's not pretty, but it does work!