Resource execute rights problem (chef-apply recipe.rb)

chef-apply recipe.rb

[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for group[user1] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] WARN: Previous group[user1]: recipe.rb:1:in `run_chef_recipe'
[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] WARN: Current  group[user1]: recipe.rb:7:in `run_chef_recipe'
[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] WARN: Cloning resource attributes for group[user2] from prior resource (CHEF-3694)
[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] WARN: Previous group[user2]: recipe.rb:2:in `run_chef_recipe'
[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] WARN: Current  group[user2]: recipe.rb:13:in `run_chef_recipe'
Recipe: (chef-apply cookbook)::(chef-apply recipe)
  * group[user1] action create
    - alter group group[user1]
    - replace group members with new list of members
  * group[user2] action create
    - alter group group[user2]
    - replace group members with new list of members
  * user[user1] action create (up to date)
  * user[user2] action create (up to date)
  * group[user1] action modify
    - modify group group[user1]
    - add missing member(s): user1
  * group[user2] action modify
    - modify group group[user2]
    - add missing member(s): user1, user2
  * file[/tmp/testfile] action create (up to date)
  * execute[user1 reads file with owner user2 and group user2 with mode 0440] action run

    ================================================================================
    Error executing action `run` on resource 'execute[user1 reads file with owner user2 and group user2 with mode 0440]'
    ================================================================================

    Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed
    ------------------------------------
    Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
    ---- Begin output of cat /tmp/testfile ----
    STDOUT:
    STDERR: cat: /tmp/testfile: Permission denied
    ---- End output of cat /tmp/testfile ----
    Ran cat /tmp/testfile returned 1

    Resource Declaration:
    ---------------------
    # In recipe.rb

     25: execute "user1 reads file with owner user2 and group user2 with mode 0440" do
     26:   command "cat /tmp/testfile"
     27:   user "user1"
     28:   group "user1"
     29: end

    Compiled Resource:
    ------------------
    # Declared in recipe.rb:25:in `run_chef_recipe'

    execute("user1 reads file with owner user2 and group user2 with mode 0440") do
      action "run"
      retries 0
      retry_delay 2
      guard_interpreter :default
      command "cat /tmp/testfile"
      backup 5
      group "user1"
      returns 0
      user "user1"
      cookbook_name "(chef-apply cookbook)"
      recipe_name "(chef-apply recipe)"
    end

[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[2014-11-03T10:19:02-05:00] FATAL: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: execute[user1 reads file with owner user2 and group user2 with mode 0440] ((chef-apply cookbook)::(chef-apply recipe) line 25) had an error: Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed: Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1'
---- Begin output of cat /tmp/testfile ----
STDOUT:
STDERR: cat: /tmp/testfile: Permission denied
---- End output of cat /tmp/testfile ----
Ran cat /tmp/testfile returned 1